Cora undulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
Genus: | Cora |
Species: | C. undulata
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Binomial name | |
Cora undulata L.Y.Vargas, B.Moncada &
Lücking (2014)
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Cora undulata is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Colombia, it was formally described as a new species in 2014 by Leidy Yasmín Vargas, Bibiana Moncada, and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected in Finca El Paraiso ( Vereda Centro Sur, Chámeza) at an altitude of 1,400 m (4,600 ft). The lichen is only known to occur at the type locality, where it grows on rocks, often associated with bryophytes in semi-exposed microhabitats. Its dark olive-green thalli are foliose, measuring up to 9 cm (3.5 in) and comprising 5 to 15 semicircular lobes. The specific epithet undulata refers to the undulate (wavy) surface of the lobes. [1]