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Mycoblastus

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Also known as Mykoblastus

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

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumAscomycota
  3. ClassLecanoromycetes
  4. OrderLecanorales
  5. FamilyTephromelataceae
Observations1,146

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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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Tephromelataceae
Image
Mycoblastus sanguinarius-4.jpg
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taxon name
Mycoblastus
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
クロアカゴケ属
Commons category
Mycoblastus
taxon author citation
Norman
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • 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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