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]

Cora caraana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Cora
Species:
C. caraana
Binomial name
Cora caraana
Lücking, S.M.Martins & Lucheta (2016)

References

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  1. ^ a b taxonomy. "Taxonomy browser (Cora caraana)". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
  2. ^ 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.