Blastodesmia

{{Short description|Single-species lichen genus}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = Blastodesmia nitida.jpg | image_caption = ''Blastodesmia nitida''; the black structures are {{lichengloss|perithecia}} (fruiting bodies) | parent_authority = A.Massal. (1852) | taxon = Blastodesmia nitida | authority = A.Massal. (1852) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Species Fungorum synonymy"/> | synonyms = {{Collapsible list|bullets=on |''Polyblastia nitida'' {{au|(A.Massal.) Trevis. (1853)}} |''Verrucaria pluriseptata'' {{au|Nyl. (1857)}} |''Verrucaria massalongoi'' {{au|Garov. (1865)}} |''Cercidospora pluriseptata'' {{au|Arnold (1874)}} |''Arthopyrenia pluriseptata'' {{au|Arnold (1891)}} |''Arthopyrenia epidermidis'' var. ''pluriseptata'' {{au|Boistel (1903)}} |''Metasphaeria pluriseptata'' {{au|Sacc. & D.Sacc. (1905)}} }} }}

'''''Blastodesmia''''' is a monotypic fungal genus in the family Pyrenulaceae.<ref name="Wijayawardene et al. 2022"/> It contains the single species '''''Blastodesmia nitida''''',<ref name="CoL"/> a corticolous (bark-dwelling) crustose lichen found in Europe. Both the genus and the species were described in 1852 by the Italian botanist Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo.<ref name="Massalongo 1852"/> Historically, two other species have been included in the genus, but are currently not accepted by Species Fungorum:<ref name="CoL"/> * ''Blastodesmia albonigra'' {{au|Zahlbr. (1927)}}<ref name="Zahlbruckber 1927"/> * ''Blastodesmia lactea'' {{au|A.Massal. (1852)}}<ref name="Massalongo 1852"/>

Characteristics of genus ''Blastodesmia'' include paraphyses in the {{lichengloss|hamathecium}}, transversely septate {{lichengloss|ascospores}} that are grey to brown in colour, and pyrenocarp-type ascomata with {{lichengloss|carbonized}} ascoma walls. The ascospores are mostly 37–47 μm long and have a constriction at the septa.<ref name="Aptroot 2012"/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="Aptroot 2012">{{cite journal |last=Aptroot |first=André |title=A world key to the species of ''Anthracothecium'' and ''Pyrenula'' |journal=The Lichenologist |volume=44 |issue=1 |year=2012 |doi=10.1017/S0024282911000624 |pages=5–53 [8, 18] |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259417076}}</ref>

<ref name="CoL">{{Catalogue of Life |id=62G54 |title=''Blastodesmia'' |access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref>

<ref name="Massalongo 1852">{{cite book |last=Massalongo |first=Abramo Bartolomeo |year=1852 |title=Ricerche sull'autonomia dei licheni crostosi |trans-title=Research on the autonomy of crustose lichens |page=180 |location=Verona |publisher=Dalla tipografia di A. Frizierio |url=https://archive.org/details/ricerchesullaut00massgoog/page/n202/mode/2up |language=la}}</ref>

<ref name="Species Fungorum synonymy">{{cite web |title=GSD Species Synonymy. Current Name: ''Blastodesmia nitida'' A. Massal., Ric. auton. lich. crost. (Verona): 180 (1852) |url=https://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=380002 |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=23 June 2024}}</ref>

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<ref name="Zahlbruckber 1927">{{cite journal |last=Zahlbruckner |first=A. |year=1927 |title=Additamenta ad Lichenographiam Japoniae |journal=The Botanical Magazine, Tokyo |volume=41 |pages=313–364 [313] |language=la}}</ref>

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Category:Pyrenulales Category:Eurotiomycetes genera Category:Lichen genera Category:Taxa described in 1852 Category:Taxa named by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo