Chaenothecopsis thujae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Mycocaliciales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Fungi Subregnum: Dikarya Divisio: Ascomycota Subdivisio: Pezizomycotina Classis: Eurotiomycetes Subclassis: Mycocaliciomycetidae Ordo: Mycocaliciales

Familia: Mycocaliciaceae
Genus: Chaenothecopsis
Species: Chaenothecopsis thujae

Name

Chaenothecopsis thujae Rikkinen, 1999

Life habit: Saprophytic fungus related to either lichens or lichenicolous fungi.

Habitat ecology: Corticolous, over resin, on Tsuga heterophylla, Picea glauca, Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa

Distribution: British Columbia.

References

Primary

• Rikkinen, J. 1999: Two new species of resinicolous Chaenothecopsis (Mycocaliciaceae) from western North America. - The Bryologist 102(3): 366–369.   [RLL List # 176 / Rec.# 15678] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR)

Secondary

• Selva, S.B. and Tibell, L. (1999) Lichenized and non-lichenized calicioid fungi from North America. - The Bryologist 102(3): 377–397.   [RLL List # 176 / Rec.# 17040] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (JSTOR) (Description of Chaenothecopsis thujae: p. 386; black-and-white photos: p. 387, figs. 19-26)

Links

• North American Lichen Checklist, Version (#14) 8 Oct 2008

• Chaenothecopsis thujae in Index Fungorum.

• Chaenothecopsis thujae in MycoBank