Chaenothecopsis | |
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Chaenothecopsis norstictica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Order: | Mycocaliciales |
Family: | Mycocaliciaceae |
Genus: | Chaenothecopsis Vain. (1927)[1] |
Type species | |
Chaenothecopsis rubescens Vain. (1927)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Chaenothecopsis is a genus of about 40 species of pin lichens in the family Mycocaliciaceae.[3]
The genus was circumscribed in 1927 by Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio, with Chaenothecopsis rubescens assigned as the type species.[1]
Many of the species are resinicolous, meaning they grow on conifer resin or other plant exudates. Most common host plants are trees in the genera Abies, Picea, and Tsuga.[4] In contrast, Chaenothecopsis kilimanjaroensis is a lichenicolous lichen, meaning it grows on the thalli of other lichens–sometimes as a parasically, sometimes commensally.[5]