| Cora caraana | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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. [1] It was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Robert Lücking, Suzana Maria de Azevedo Martins, and Fabiane Lucheta. [1] The specific epithet caraana refers to the type locality in Caraá ( Rio Grande do Sul). It is only known to occur at this location, where it grows as an epiphyte on tree branches in mountainous rainforests. [2]
References
- ^ a b taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Cora caraana)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ Lücking, Robert; Forno, Manuela Dal; Moncada, Bibiana; Coca, Luis Fernando; Vargas-Mendoza, Leidy Yasmín; Aptroot, André; Arias, Laura Juliana; Besal, Betty; Bungartz, Frank; Cabrera-Amaya, Diego Mauricio; Cáceres, Marcela E. S.; Chaves, José Luis; Eliasaro, Sionara; Gutiérrez, Martha Cecilia; Hernández Marin, Jesús E. (2017-05-01). "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. ISSN 1878-9129.