Cora setosa

Cora setosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hygrophoraceae
Genus:	Cora
Species:	C. setosa
Binomial name
	Cora setosa; L.Vargas, Moncada & Lücking (2014)

Cora setosa 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 was collected in Finca El Paraiso (Vereda Centro Sur, Chámeza) at an altitude of 1,400 m (4,600 ft). It is only known to occur at the type locality, where it grows as an epiphyte on branches in partially shaded spots. The thallus is emerald-green (smaragd) when fresh, measuring up to 8 cm (3 in) across and comprising four or five circular lobes arranged in layers above each other. The specific epithet refers to the setose (i.e. bristly) lateral lobe margins. Similar species include Cora cyphellifera, C. aspera, and C. gyrolophia.[1]

References

Vargas, Leidy Yasmín; Moncada, Bibiana; Lücking, Robert (2014). "Five new species of Cora and Dictyonema (Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae) from Colombia: chipping away at cataloging hundreds of unrecognized taxa". The Bryologist. 117 (4): 368–378. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-117.4.368. S2CID 83692191.

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[Vargas_et_al._2014-1] Vargas, Leidy Yasmín; Moncada, Bibiana; Lücking, Robert (2014). "Five new species of Cora and Dictyonema (Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae) from Colombia: chipping away at cataloging hundreds of unrecognized taxa". The Bryologist. 117 (4): 368–378. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-117.4.368. S2CID 83692191.