''Protoblastenia'' is a
genus
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of
lichen
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.[Psoraceae
The Psoraceae are a family of lichenized fungi in the order Lecanorales. The Austrian Botanist and Lichenologist Alexander Zahlbruckner first described the family in 1898. Species of this family have a widespread distribution.
Genera
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.
It was originally
circumscribed
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by
Alexander Zahlbruckner
Alexander Zahlbruckner (31 May 1860, Svätý Jur – 1938, Vienna) was an Austrian- Hungarian botanist who specialized in the study of lichens. Johann Babtist Zahlbruckner, an earlier Austrian botanist, was his grandfather.
From 1878 to 1883 ...
in 1908 as a
section of genus ''
Blastenia
''Blastenia'' is a genus of lichenized fungi belonging to the family Teloschistaceae. The genus was first described in 1852 by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species include:
*'' Blastenia acaciae''
*' ...
''. J. Steiner promoted it to generic status in 1911.
Species
*''
Protoblastenia calva''
*''
Protoblastenia calvella''
*''
Protoblastenia cyclospora''
*''
Protoblastenia incrustans''
*''
Protoblastenia laeta''
*''
Protoblastenia lilacina''
*''
Protoblastenia rupestris''
*''
Protoblastenia siebenhaariana''
References
Lecanorales
Lichen genera
Lecanorales genera
Taxa described in 1908
Taxa named by Alexander Zahlbruckner
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