Chaenothecopsis Explained
Chaenothecopsis is a genus of about 40 species of pin lichens in the family Mycocaliciaceae.
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed in 1927 by Finnish lichenologist Edvard August Vainio, with Chaenothecopsis rubescens assigned as the type species.
Ecology
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. In contrast, Chaenothecopsis kilimanjaroensis is a lichenicolous lichen, meaning it grows on the thalli of other lichens–sometimes as a parasically, sometimes commensally.
Species
- Chaenothecopsis aeruginosa
- Chaenothecopsis australis
- Chaenothecopsis bitterfeldensis
- Chaenothecopsis brevipes
- Chaenothecopsis caespitosa
- Chaenothecopsis caucasica
- Chaenothecopsis claydenii
- Chaenothecopsis debilis
- Chaenothecopsis diabolica
- Chaenothecopsis dibbleandersoniarum
- Chaenothecopsis epithallina
- Chaenothecopsis eugenia
- Chaenothecopsis fennica
- Chaenothecopsis formosa
- Chaenothecopsis golubkovae
- Chaenothecopsis haematopus
- Chaenothecopsis heterospora
- Chaenothecopsis himalayensis
- Chaenothecopsis hospitans
- Chaenothecopsis hunanensis
- Chaenothecopsis jordaniana
- Chaenothecopsis kalbii
- Chaenothecopsis khayensis - Ghana
- Chaenothecopsis kilimanjaroensis – Tanzania
- Chaenothecopsis leifiana
- Chaenothecopsis lignicola
- Chaenothecopsis marcineae
- Chaenothecopsis mediorossica
- Chaenothecopsis montana
- Chaenothecopsis nana
- Chaenothecopsis neocaledonica – New Caledonia
- Chaenothecopsis nigra
- Chaenothecopsis nigripunctata – western North America
- Chaenothecopsis nigropedata
- Chaenothecopsis nivea
- Chaenothecopsis oregana
- Chaenothecopsis orientalis
- Chaenothecopsis pallida
- Chaenothecopsis parasitaster
- Chaenothecopsis perforata
- Chaenothecopsis penningtonensis
- †Chaenothecopsis polissica
- Chaenothecopsis proliferata – China
- Chaenothecopsis pusilla
- Chaenothecopsis pusiola
- Chaenothecopsis quintralis
- Chaenothecopsis resinophila
- Chaenothecopsis retinens
- Chaenothecopsis rubescens
- Chaenothecopsis sagenidii
- Chaenothecopsis sanguinea
- Chaenothecopsis savonica
- Chaenothecopsis schefflerae
- Chaenothecopsis sinensis
- Chaenothecopsis subparoica
- Chaenothecopsis subpusilla
- Chaenothecopsis tasmanica
- Chaenothecopsis tibellii
- Chaenothecopsis tigillaris
- Chaenothecopsis transbaikalica
- Chaenothecopsis vainioana
- Chaenothecopsis vinosa
- Chaenothecopsis viridialba
- Chaenothecopsis viridireagens
- Chaenothecopsis weiana
- Chaenothecopsis zebrina
