Biology:Cora caliginosa

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Short description: Species of lichen

Cora caliginosa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Cora
Species:
C. caliginosa
Binomial name
Cora caliginosa
Holgado, Rivas Plata & Perlmutter (2016)

Cora caliginosa is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Peru, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by María Holgado-Rojas, Eimy Rivas-Plata, and Gary Perlmutter. The specific epithet, which derives from the Latin caliginosus ("dull, somber, cloudy"), alludes to the colour of fresh specimens. It is only known to occur near the type locality near Machu Picchu, where it grows on the ground close to a disturbed rainforest.[1]

References

  1. 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. 

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