lichenized fungi
A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Arthoniales. The genus has been placed into the familyRoccellaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species ''Sipmania peltata''.
The genus was
circumscribed
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by José Maria Egea Fernández and P. Torrente in Biblioth. Lichenol. vol.54 on pages 6 and 165 in 1994.
The genus name of ''Sipmania'' is in honour of Henricus (Harrie) Johannes Maria Sipman (born 1945) is a Dutch lichenologist. He specialises in tropical and
subtropical
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lichens, and has authored or co-authored more than 250 scientific publications.