''Chaenothecopsis viridialba'' is a species of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a hybrid colony (biology), colony of algae or cyanobacteria living symbiotically among hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species, along with yeasts and bacteria embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualism (biology), m ...

belonging to the family

Mycocaliciaceae The Mycocaliciaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Mycocaliciales, comprising seven genera and approximately 90 species. Originally proposed in 1970 by Alexander Schmidt, the family is characterised by immersed thallus, thal ...

. It has a

cosmopolitan distribution In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...

References

Eurotiomycetes Lichen species Lichens described in 1871 Taxa named by August von Krempelhuber {{Lecanorales-stub