Sporopodiopsis sipmanii
| Sporopodiopsis sipmanii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Ascomycota | 
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes | 
| Order: | Lecanorales | 
| Family: | Pilocarpaceae | 
| Genus: | Sporopodiopsis | 
| Species: | S. sipmanii | 
| Binomial name | |
| Sporopodiopsis sipmanii Sérus. (1997) | |
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]
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