Blennothallia
Sign in to saveBlennothallia is a genus of jelly lichens in the family Collemataceae. It has four species, which collectively have a cosmopolitan distribution.
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- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderPeltigerales
- FamilyCollemataceae
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Blennothallia is a genus of jelly lichens in the family Collemataceae. It has four species, which collectively have a cosmopolitan distribution.
==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed in 1853 by Italian botanist Vittore Trevisan de Saint-Léon. Although Trevisan did not select a type species for the genus, Lichen crispus was selected as lectotype in 2013. The genus corresponds to the Colema crispum species group recognized in 1954 by Gunnar Degelius. Molecular phylogenetic analysis shows that Blennothallia forms a well-supported lineage together with Scytinium and Lethagrium in the family Collemataceae.