Blasia pusilla | |
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Blasia pusilla growing on a tree in Germany. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Division: | Marchantiophyta |
Class: | Marchantiopsida |
Order: | Blasiales |
Family: | Blasiaceae |
Genus: |
Blasia Linnaeus 1753 |
Species: | B. pusilla |
Binomial name | |
Blasia pusilla Linnaeus 1753 |
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Synonyms | |
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Blasia pusilla is the only species in the liverwort genus Blasia. It is distinguished from Cavicularia by the presence of a collar around the base of the sporophyte capsule, and a scattered arrangement of sperm-producing antheridia. Rhizoids and gemmae of Blasia may be parasitized by the mushroom Blasiphalia.