''Sipmaniella'' is a fungal

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

in the family

Megalosporaceae The Megalosporaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a ...

. It is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

genus, containing the single species ''Sipmaniella sulphureofusca'', a

crustose lichen Crustose lichens are lichens that form a crust which strongly adheres to the substrate (soil, rock, tree bark, etc.), making separation from the substrate impossible without destruction. The basic structure of crustose lichens consists of a cor ...

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 ''Lecania'' is a genus of lichenized fungi in the family Ramalinaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Abramo Bartolommeo Massalongo in 1853. ''Lecania'' is widely distributed, especially in temperate regions, and contains about 64 species. ...

'' and '' Patellaria'' in the late 1800s. The genus name honours Dutch lichenologist Harrie Sipman.

References

Teloschistales Teloschistales genera Taxa described in 2009 Taxa named by Klaus Kalb {{Teloschistales-stub