Sporopodiopsis sipmanii

Sporopodiopsis sipmanii is a species of foliicolous (leaf-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pilocarpaceae. Found in Sabah, Malaysia, it was formally described as a new species in 1997 by Belgian lichenologist Emmanuël Sérusiaux. The type specimen was collected by Harrie Sipman from Mount Kinabalu; the species name sipmanii acknowledges him. The lichen produces asexual spores (conidia) within curved, dorsiventral structures called campylidia; the presence of apothecia in addition to campylidia readily distinguishes it from the other species in the genus, Sporopodiopsis mortimeriana.[1]

Sporopodiopsis sipmanii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Lecanoromycetes
Order: Lecanorales
Family: Pilocarpaceae
Genus: Sporopodiopsis
Species:
S. sipmanii
Binomial name
Sporopodiopsis sipmanii
Sérus. (1997)

References
  1. Sérusiaux, Emmanuël (1997). "Sporopodiopsis, a new genus of lichens (Ectolechiaceae) from S-E Asia". Abstracta Botanica. 21 (1): 145–152. JSTOR 43519214.


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