﻿AbstractThe orderMycocaliciales(Ascomycota) comprises fungal species with diverse, often highly specialized substrate ecologies. Particularly within the genusChaenothecopsis, 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 isChaenothecopsisschefflerae, found on several endemic angiosperms in the familyAraliaceae. Here we describe three new species;ChaenothecopsismataiRikkinen, Beimforde, Tuovila & A.R. Schmidt,C.nodosaBeimforde, Tuovila, Rikkinen & A.R. Schmidt, andC.novae-zelandiaeRikkinen, Beimforde, Tuovila & A.R. Schmidt, all growing on exudates of endemic New Zealand conifers of thePodocarpaceaefamily, particularly onPrumnopitystaxifolia. Phylogenetic analyses based on ribosomal DNA regions (ITSandLSU) 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 ofChaenothecopsisfrom anyPodocarpaceaespecies and the first from any gymnosperm exudates in New Zealand.