Name:		Chapsa A. Massal., (1860) page 257 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Asteristion Leight. (1870) Asteristium Clem. (1909)
Status:		Genus, lichen-forming
Taxonomic position:		Thelotremataceae (Nyl.) Stizenb. [Family] Ostropales Nannf. [Order] Ostropomycetidae Reeb, Lutzoni & Cl. Roux [Subclass] Lecanoromycetes O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Class] Pezizomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka [Subdivision / Subphylum] Ascomycota Caval.-Sm. [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Chapsa alborosella (Nyl.) Frisch Chapsa indica A. Massal. Chapsa leprieurii (Mont.) Frisch Chapsa leprocarpa (Nyl.) Frisch Chapsa platycarpa (Tuck.) Frisch Chapsa recurva (G. Salisb.) Frisch
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]