| Chaenothecopsis | |
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| Chaenothecopsis norstictica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
| Order: | Mycocaliciales |
| Family: | Mycocaliciaceae |
| Genus: | Chaenothecopsis Vain. (1927) [1] |
| Type species | |
| Chaenothecopsis rubescens Vain. (1927) | |
| 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]