Chaenothecopsis
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassEurotiomycetes
- OrderMycocaliciales
- FamilyMycocaliciaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,132
- With media
- 158
- Family
- Mycocaliciaceae
- Collections
- NY, FH, LSU, WIS, MEL, US
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Guatemala, Chile, Russian Federation, Brazil, Finland, Austria
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Ecology
- Species
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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.
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