Name:		Blastenia ferruginea A. Massal., Atti Istit. Veneto 3 (1852) page appendix 3, p. 102, fig. 23
Accepted name:		Caloplaca ferruginea (Huds.) Th. Fr.
Basionym:		Lichen ferrugineus Huds.
Status:		Species, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Blastenia A. Massal. [Genus] Teloschistaceae Zahlbr. [Family] Teloschistales D. Hawksw. & O.E. Erikss. [Order] Lecanoromycetidae P.M. Kirk, P.F. Cannon, J.C. David & Stalpers ex Miądl., Lutzoni & Lumbsch [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Subspecific taxa Blastenia ferruginea forma ferruginea Blastenia ferruginea forma lignicola (Harm.) Szatala Blastenia ferruginea forma microcarpa (Mathieu) Dzhur. Blastenia ferruginea var. ferruginea Blastenia ferruginea var. muscicola Arnold Blastenia ferruginea var. saxicola A. Massal.
Catalogue data:		Zahlbruckner, Catalogus Universalis Lichenum 7: 120
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]