Chaenothecopsis

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Chaenothecopsis
Chaenothecopsis norstictica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Eurotiomycetes
Order: Mycocaliciales
Family: Mycocaliciaceae
Genus: Chaenothecopsis
Vain. (1927)[1]
Type species
Chaenothecopsis rubescens
Vain. (1927)
Synonyms[2]
  • Calicium sect. Chaenothecopsis (Vain.) Oxner (1956)

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]

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