Zwackhiomyces sipmanii

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Zwackhiomyces sipmanii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Collemopsidiales
Family: Xanthopyreniaceae
Genus: Zwackhiomyces
Species:
Z. sipmanii
Binomial name
Zwackhiomyces sipmanii
Diederich & Zhurb. (2009)

Zwackhiomyces sipmanii is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Xanthopyreniaceae. Found in the boreal ecosystem of north-eastern Russia, it was formally described as a new species in 2009 by Paul Diederich and Mikhail Zhurbenko. The type specimen was collected in the Magadan Region of Eastern Siberia at an altitude of 700 m (2,300 ft); here, on a south-exposed slope with steppe-like vegetation, the fungus was found growing on the lichen Phaeorrhiza sareptana var. sphaerocarpa. It is only known from the type locality. The species epithet honours Dutch lichenologist Harrie Sipman, "on the occasion of his 64th birthday". [1]

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References

  1. Diederich, Paul; Zhurbenko, Mikhail P. (2009). "Sphaerellothecium phaeorrhizae and Zwackhiomyces sipmanii spp. nov. on Phaeorrhiza sareptana from north-eastern Asia, with a key to the species of Sphaerellothecium". In Aptroot, A.; Seaward, M.R.D.; Sparrius, L.B. (eds.). Biodiversity and Ecology of Lichens – Liber Amicorum Harrie Sipman. Bibliotheca Lichenologica. Vol. 99. Berlin/Stuttgart: J. Cramer in der Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. pp. 113–122.