Cora suturifera is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Ecuador, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Freddy Nugra, Betty Besal, and Robert Lücking The specific epithet suturifera refers to the seams (sutures) that connect the lobes after branching. The lichen is only known to occur at the type locality in the Kutukú-Shaimi Protection Forest (Taisha, Morona-Santiago Province). Here, in a submontane rainforest, it grows as an epiphyte on twigs. Similar species include Cora canari, C. hafecesweorthensis, and C. imi.[1]

Cora suturifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Cora
Species:
C. suturifera
Binomial name
Cora suturifera
Nugra, Besal & Lücking (2016)

References

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  1. ^ Lücking, Robert; Forno, Manuela Dal; Moncada, Bibiana; Coca, Luis Fernando; Vargas-Mendoza, Leidy Yasmín; Aptroot, André; et al. (2016). "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. S2CID 27732638.