Heiomasia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Graphidales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Lecanoromycetes Subclassis: Ostropomycetidae Ordo: Graphidales

Familia: Graphidaceae
Subfamilia: Graphidoideae
Genus: Heiomasia
Species: H. seaveyorum – H. sipmanii

Name

Heiomasia M.P.Nelsen, Lücking & Rivas Plata, 2010

Type: Heiomasia sipmanii (Aptroot, Lücking & Rivas Plata) M.P.Nelsen, Lücking & Rivas Plata, 2010

Etymology: Heiomasia is dedicated to Harrie Sipman; it is concatenated from the first two letters each of his full name, Henricus Johannes Maria Sipman, with the ‘j’ transformed into ‘i’.

References

• Nelsen, M.P.; Lücking, R.; Rivas Plata, E. and Mbatchou, J.S. (2010) Heiomasia, a new genus in the lichen-forming family Graphidaceae (Ascomycota: Lecanoromycetes: Ostropales) with disjunct distribution in Southeastern North America and Southeast Asia. The Bryologist 113(4): 742–751. (DOI: 10.1639/0007-2745-113.4.742)