Chaenothecopsis polissica

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Chaenothecopsis polissica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Mycocaliciales
Family: Mycocaliciaceae
Genus: Chaenothecopsis
Species:
C. polissica
Binomial name
Chaenothecopsis polissica
Heluta & Sukhomlyn (2021)

Chaenothecopsis polissica is a species of fossilized pin lichen in the family Mycocaliciaceae that was discovered in 2021 by Vasyl Heluta and Maryna Sukhomlyn. [1] The holotype was recovered from Rovno amber, which formed in Ukraine during the late Eocene. [2]

References

  1. Sukhomlyn, M. M.; Heluta, V. P.; Perkovsky, E. E.; Ignatov, M. S.; Vasilenko, D. V. (2021-11-01). "First Record of Fungus of the Family Mycocaliciaceae in Rovno Amber (Ukraine)" . Paleontological Journal. 55 (6): 684–690. doi:10.1134/S0031030121060125. ISSN   1555-6174. S2CID   245009781.
  2. "Палеонтологический журнал. Номер 6, 2021". sciencejournals.ru. Retrieved 2021-12-16.