Chaenothecopsis nana

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 nana

Name

Chaenothecopsis nana Tibell, 1979

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

Substrate and ecology: Saprobic on the bark or more rarely wood of conifers (or rarely on that of deciduous trees).

Locality: Sweden.

Note: Chaenothecopsis nana is easily mistaken for Mycocalicium subtile.

References

Primary

• Tibell, Publs. Herb. Univ. Uppsala 4:4 (1979)

• Tibell, L. (1979) Caliciales Exsiccatae, distributed by the Herbarium, University of Uppsala, Sweden. Fasc. II (No. 26-50). - Publications from the Herbarium, University of Uppsala, Sweden 4: 1–9.   [RLL List # 114-79 / Rec.# 18601] - (Recent Literature on Lichens)

Secondary

• Selva, S.B. 2014: The calicioid lichens and fungi of the Acadian Forest ecoregion of northeastern North America, II. The rest of the story. The Bryologist 117(4): 336–367.   (BioOne)   (Chaenothecopsis nana: p. 351)

• Tibell, L. (1981) Comments on Caliciales Exsiccatae II. - Lichenologist 13: 51–64.   [RLL List # 109-104 / Rec.# 18603] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) doi:10.1017/S0024282981000066 (Illustrations of C. nana: figs. 3-4)

• Tibell, L. (1999) Calicioid lichens and fungi. - In: Ahti, T.; Jørgensen, P.M.; Kristinsson, H.; Moberg, R.; Søchting, U.; Thor, G. (eds.): Nordic Lichen Flora. Volume 1. Introductory Parts. Calicioid Lichens and Fungi. Nordic Lichen Society, Uddevalla, pp. 20-94.   [RLL List # 182 / Rec.# 21646] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustrations of C. nana: plate 5)

• Tibell, L. and Ryan, B.D. (2004) Chaenothecopsis (pp. 639-641) In: Nash III, T.H.; Ryan, B.D.; Diederich, P.; Gries, C. and Bungartz, F. (eds.), Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region, Vol. 2. Lichens Unlimited, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 742 pages.   [RLL List # 196 / Rec.# 25882] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Description of C. nana: pp. 640-641)

• Zedda, L. and Sipman, H. (2001) Lichens and lichenicolous fungi on Juniperus oxycedrus L. in Campu Su Disterru (Sardinia, Italy). - Bocconea 13: 309–328.   [RLL List # 187 / Rec.# 23330] - (Recent Literature on Lichens) (Illustration of C. nana: fig. 3)

Links

• LIAS

• Checklist of the Lichens of Australia and its Island Territories (List "C")

• USDA Plants Database

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

• Chaenothecopsis nana in Index Fungorum.

• Chaenothecopsis nana in MycoBank

Links to photos

• Pictures of tropical lichens - Chaenothecopsis nana

• The Lichen Herbarium, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway (Photo Gallery) - Chaenothecopsis nana

Vernacular names

English: Chaenothecopsis lichen