Protoblastenia

Protoblastenia
Protoblastenia rupestris, Poland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Psoraceae
Genus: Protoblastenia
(Zahlbr.) J.Steiner (1911)
Type species
Protoblastenia rupestris
(Scop.) J.Steiner (1911)
Synonyms[1]

Protoblastenia is a genus of lichens in the family Psoraceae.[2] It was originally circumscribed by Alexander Zahlbruckner in 1908 as a section of genus Blastenia. J. Steiner promoted it to generic status in 1911.[3]

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