Chrysoconia orthospora is a species known from a single location in North America. C. orthospora was described in 1979 after growing on incubated vegetable matter collected from a lake shore. It has never been recorded in nature and there are no further records or more information on this species, so it is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).

Type and only species in the monotypic genus Chrysoconia, described for the first time in 1979 based on the distinct morphological characteristics of Chrysoconia orthospora (McCabe and Escobar, 1979).

Only known from one location in Washington, USA (Montlake Playground on Lake Union in Seattle).

This species is only known from its description (McCabe and Escobar, 1979), based on fruitbodies that grew in a laboratory on incubated leaf litter collected in one location in 1975 and 1976. Since no more records or observations in natural habitat are available it is not possible to estimate current population size.

Saprotrophic species. Fruitbodies developed on lake-shore vegetable matter previously incubated in laboratory conditions.

Attempts to register this species in natural conditions are needed to better understand its ecology and estimate distribution and population size. A taxonomic review to confirm its placement in a monotypic genus is also recommended.