Sipmaniella
Single-species genus of lichen / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sipmaniella is a fungal genus in the family Megalosporaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Sipmaniella sulphureofusca, a crustose lichen found on Réunion. This species was previously named Lecanora sulfureo-fusca by French botanist Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée in 1825, and had also been shuffled to the genera Lecania and Patellaria in the late 1800s.[1] The genus name honours Dutch lichenologist Harrie Sipman.[2]
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Sipmaniella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
Order: | Teloschistales |
Family: | Megalosporaceae |
Genus: | Sipmaniella Kalb (2009) |
Species: | S. sulphureofusca |
Binomial name | |
Sipmaniella sulphureofusca (Fée) Kalb (2009) | |
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