Heiomasia
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| Heiomasia | |
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| Heiomasia seaveyorum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Graphidales |
| Family: | Graphidaceae |
| Genus: | Heiomasia Nelsen, Lücking & Rivas Plata (2010) |
| Type species | |
| Heiomasia sipmanii (Aptroot, Lücking & Rivas Plata) Nelsen, Lücking & Rivas Plata (2010) | |
| Species | |
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H. annamariae | |
Heiomasia is a genus of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens in the family Graphidaceae. It has five species.
The genus was circumscribed in 2010 by Matthew Nelsen, Robert Lücking and Eimy Rivas Plata, with Heiomasia sipmanii assigned as the type species.[1] This species, found in Thailand and the Philippines, was first described as Herpothallon sipmanii.[2] Molecular phylogenetic analysis showed that it, along with another then-undescribed species, H. seaveyorum, formed a clade with a distinct lineage in the Graphidaceae, and so Heiomasia was created to contain them. The genus name honours Harrie Sipman, "recognizing his substantial contributions to tropical lichenology". The name is constructed from letters of his full name: Henricus Johannes Maria Sipman (with the "J" changed to "I").[1]