Cora caraana
| Cora caraana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Cora |
| Species: | C. caraana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cora caraana Lücking, S.M.Martins & Lucheta (2016)
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Cora caraana is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Robert Lücking, Suzana Maria de Azevedo Martins, and Fabiane Lucheta. The specific epithet caraana refers to the type locality in Caraá (Rio Grande do Sul). It is only known known to occur at this location, where it grows as an epiphyte on tree branches in mountainous rainforests.[1]
References[]
- ^ Lücking, Robert; Forno, Manuela Dal; Moncada, Bibiana; Coca, Luis Fernando; Vargas-Mendoza, Leidy Yasmín; Aptroot, André; et al. (2016). "Turbo-taxonomy to assemble a megadiverse lichen genus: seventy new species of Cora (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), honouring David Leslie Hawksworth's seventieth birthday". Fungal Diversity. 84 (1): 139–207. doi:10.1007/s13225-016-0374-9. S2CID 27732638.
Categories:
- Cora
- Lichens described in 2016
- Lichens of Central America
- Taxa named by Robert Lücking
- Basidiolichens
- Hygrophoraceae stubs