Cora comaltepeca | |
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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. comaltepeca
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Binomial name | |
Cora comaltepeca B.Moncada, R.-E.Pérez &
Lücking (2016)
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Cora comaltepeca is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in southern Mexico, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Bibiana Moncada, Rosa Emilia Pérez, and Robert Lücking. The specific epithet comaltepeca refers to the type locality in Santiago Comaltepec ( Oaxaca), where it grows as an epiphyte on tree branches in tropical-temperate cloud forests. [1]