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Mycoblastus
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Mycoblastus is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Tephromelataceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blood lichens.
Species
Bloody-heart Lichen
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderLecanorales
- FamilyTephromelataceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 806
- With media
- 60
- Family
- Tephromelataceae
- Collections
- MEL, UC, OSC, ASU, US, WIS
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Australia, United States, Mexico, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Argentina
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Mycoblastus is a genus of crustose lichens in the family Tephromelataceae. Members of the genus are commonly called blood lichens.
==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed in 1852 by Johannes Musaeus Norman, who selected the widespread Mycoblastus sanguinarius as the type species. This species was one of many introduced by Carl Linnaeus in his influential 1753 work Species Plantarum, as Lichen sanguinarius. In North America this species is colloquially known as the "bloody-heart lichen".
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