Cora timucua, the Timucua heart lichen, is a species of lichen collected from 1885 to 1985 in Florida. The Timucua heart lichen was named to honor the Timucua people.[2] The species is now potentially extinct but this is unknown.[3]
| Cora timucua | |
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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. timucua
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| Binomial name | |
| Cora timucua | |
Description
editCora timucua lichens are around 2.5 to 7 cm across and grow on the bark of shrubs (Lyonia ferruginea and Quercus virginiana) in inland scrub and oak-dominated hardwood forests of Florida.[3] C. timucua is a foliose lichen composed of 1–3(–5) semicircular, lobes; each 1–3(–4) cm wide and 1–3 cm long. The lobes are often striped, with some blue-green areas, as well as grey-green, to brown, or yellow regions, bleeding a reddish brown pigment.[4]
References
edit- ^ Dal Forno, M.; Kaminsky, L.; Lücking, R. (2021). "Cora timucua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T175711802A175712343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T175711802A175712343.en. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct". Florida Museum. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- ^ a b Lücking, Robert; Kaminsky, Laurel; Perlmutter, Gary B.; Lawrey, James D.; Dal Forno, Manuela (2020). "Cora timucua (Hygrophoraceae), a new and potentially extinct, previously misidentified basidiolichen of Florida inland scrub documented from historical collections". The Bryologist. 123 (4): 657–673. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.4.657.
- ^ "CNALH - Cora timucua". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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