@article {5681,
	title = {﻿Chaenothecopsis (Mycocaliciales, Ascomycota) from exudates of endemic New Zealand Podocarpaceae},
	journal = {Mycokeys},
	volume = {95},
	year = {2023},
	month = {Feb-16-2023},
	pages = {101-129},
	abstract = {<p><jats p="">The order Mycocaliciales (Ascomycota) comprises fungal species with diverse, often highly specialized substrate ecologies. Particularly within the genus <jats italic="">Chaenothecopsis</jats>, many species exclusively occur on fresh and solidified resins or other exudates of vascular plants. In New Zealand, the only previously known species growing on plant exudate is <jats italic="">Chaenothecopsis schefflerae</jats>, found on several endemic angiosperms in the family Araliaceae. Here we describe three new species; <jats italic="">Chaenothecopsis matai</jats> Rikkinen, Beimforde, Tuovila \&amp; A.R. Schmidt, <jats italic="">C. nodosa</jats> Beimforde, Tuovila, Rikkinen \&amp; A.R. Schmidt, and <jats italic="">C. novae-zelandiae</jats> Rikkinen, Beimforde, Tuovila \&amp; A.R. Schmidt, all growing on exudates of endemic New Zealand conifers of the Podocarpaceae family, particularly on <jats italic="">Prumnopitys taxifolia</jats>. Phylogenetic analyses based on ribosomal DNA regions (ITS and LSU) grouped them into a distinct, monophyletic clade. This, as well as the restricted host range, suggests that all three taxa are endemic to New Zealand. Copious insect frass between the ascomata contain ascospores or show an early stage of ascomata development, indicating that the fungi are spread by insects. The three new species represent the first evidence of <jats italic="">Chaenothecopsis</jats> from any Podocarpaceae species and the first from any gymnosperm exudates in New Zealand.</jats></p>
},
	issn = {1314-4049, 1314-4057},
	doi = {10.3897/mycokeys.95.97601},
	url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.95.97601},
	author = {Beimforde, C. and Schmidt, A.R. and Tuovila, H. and Kaulfuss, U. and Germer, J. and Lee, W.G. and Rikkinen, J.}
}
