Cora timucua

Cora timucua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Cora
Species:	C. timucua
Binomial name
	Cora timucua; Lücking, Kaminsky, Perlmutter, Lawrey & Dal-Forno

Cora timucua, the Timucua heart lichen, is a species of lichen collected from 1885 to 1985 and discovered in 2021 at Florida. The Timucua heart lichen was named to honor the Timucua people.^[1] The species is now potentially extinct but this is unknown.

Description[]

Cora timucua are around 2.5 to 7 cm across and has its on stems. C. timucua composed of (1–)3–5 semicircular, adjacent to subimbricate lobes; individual lobes 1–3(–4) cm wide and 1–3 cm long. The thallus in section are 200 ɥm with max growth of the thallus being 250 ɥm max and has 20–30 ɥm high medullary. The is around 60 to 100 ɥm thick.^[2]

References[]

^ "Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct". Florida Museum. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
^ "CNALH - Cora timucua". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.

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[1] "Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct". Florida Museum. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.

[2] "CNALH - Cora timucua". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.

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