Biology:Cora cuzcoensis

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Short description: Species of lichen

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

Cora cuzcoensis 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 cuzcoensis refers to the type locality in the Cusco Province, near Machu Picchu. It is only known to occur here, where it grows on the ground near a disturbed rainforest. Similar in appearance (but not closely related) is Cora caliginosa.[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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