Cora (fungus)

''Cora'' is a large genus of basidiolichens in the family Hygrophoraceae. Modern molecular phylogenetics research has revealed a rich biodiversity in this largely tropical genus.

Taxonomy

''Cora'' was originally circumscribed by the Swedish "Father of Mycology", Elias Magnus Fries, in 1825. He included a single species, until then known as ''Thelephora pavonia'' . Until relatively recently, ''Cora'' was thought to contain one species, or was placed into synonymy with '' Dictyonema''. ''Cora'' was recognized as an independent genus separate from ''Dictyonema'' in 2013. Molecular phylogenetic analysis using DNA barcoding of the internal transcribed spacer region has revealed the existence of almost 200 species in the genus, and about 450 species are predicted to exist.

Habitat and distribution

Mexico and (at least formerly) Florida are the northernmost distribution points for the genus ''Cora'', while its southernmost locale is southern Chile. It has its highest biodiversity in the northern Andes. Biogeographic data suggests that ''Cora'' originated in South America and expanded eastward. The vast majority (95%) of the known species are found in the Americas, but the genus has also been recorded from tropical Africa, tropical Asia, and South Atlantic islands. Twelve species and subspecies have been described from Mexico; the only species known to have occurred north of Mexico is the possibly extinct ''Cora timucua'', which is known to have formerly existed in Florida.

Species

, Species Fungorum accepts 90 species in genus ''Cora''.


*''Cora accipiter'' – northern Andes, South America
*''Cora applanata'' – northern Andes, South America
*''Cora arachnodavidea'' – Colombia
*''Cora arachnoidea'' – northern Andes; Costa Rican Cordilleras
*'' Cora arborescens'' – Costa Rica
*''Cora arcabucana'' – Colombia
*''Cora aspera'' – Costa Rica; Colombia; Ecuador; Bolivia; Peru
*''Cora aturucoa'' – Colombia
*''Cora auriculeslia'' – Ecuador
*'' Cora barbifera'' – Colombia
*''Cora barbulata''
*''Cora benitoana'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*'' Cora boleslia'' – central Andes, Bolivia
*''Cora buapana'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*''Cora byssoidea'' – Colombia
*''Cora caliginosa'' – Peru
*''Cora campestris'' – Brazil
*''Cora canari'' – Ecuador
*''Cora caraana'' – Brazil
*''Cora casanarensis'' – Colombia
*''Cora casasolana'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*''Cora caucensis'' – Colombia
*''Cora celestinoa'' – Colombian Andes
*''Cora ciferrii''
*''Cora comaltepeca'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*''Cora corani'' – Bolivia
*''Cora corelleslia'' – Colombia
*''Cora crispoleslia'' – northern Andes (Colombia, Ecuador)
*'' Cora cuzcoensis'' – Peru
*''Cora cyphellifera'' – Ecuador
*'' Cora dalehana'' – Colombia
*'' Cora davibogotana'' – Colombia
*'' Cora davicrinita'' – northern Andes (Colombia, Ecuador)
*''Cora davidia'' – northern Andes (Colombia and Ecuador)
*''Cora dewisanti'' – northern Andes (Venezuela to Ecuador)
*''Cora dulcis'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*''Cora elephas'' – Colombia; Ecuador
*''Cora fimbriata'' – Colombia
*''Cora fuscodavidiana'' – Colombia
*'' Cora galapagoensis'' – Galapagos Islands
*''Cora garagoa'' – Colombia
*''Cora gigantea'' – Colombia
*''Cora glabrata''
*'' Cora gomeziana'' – Costa Rica
*''Cora guajalitensis'' – Ecuador
*''Cora guzmaniana'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*''Cora hafecesweorthensis'' – Colombia
*''Cora haledana'' – Costa Rica
*'' Cora hawksworthiana'' – Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica
*''Cora hirsuta''
*''Cora hochesuordensis'' – Bolivia
*''Cora hymenocarpa'' – Costa Rica
*''Cora imi'' – Costa Rica
*''Cora inversa'' – Colombia
*'' Cora itabaiana'' – Brazil
*''Cora ixtlanensis'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*''Cora lawreyana'' – Veracruz, Mexico
*'' Cora leslactuca'' – Colombia
*''Cora marusae'' – Oaxaca, Mexico
*''Cora maxima'' – Bolivia
*'' Cora minor''
*'' Cora minutula'' – Ecuador
*''Cora palaeotropica'' – Sri Lanka
*''Cora palustris'' – Costa Rica
*'' Cora parabovei'' – Bolivia
*''Cora paraciferrii'' – northern Andes (Colombia and Venezuela)
*''Cora paraminor'' – Costa Rica
*''Cora pastorum'' – Colombia
*''Cora pavonia''
*''Cora pichinchensis'' – Ecuadorian Andes
*'' Cora pikynasa'' – Colombia
*''Cora pseudobovei'' – Bolivia
*''Cora pseudocorani'' – Bolivia
*''Cora putumayensis'' – Colombia
*'' Cora quillacinga'' – Colombia
*'' Cora rothesiorum'' – Colombia
*'' Cora rubrosanguinea'' – Ecuador
*''Cora sanctae-helenae'' – Saint Helena
*''Cora santacruzensis'' – Galapagos, Ecuador
*''Cora schizophylloides'' – Colombia
*''Cora setosa'' – Colombia
*''Cora smaragdina'' – Costa Rica
*''Cora soredavidia'' – Costa Rica
*'' Cora squamiformis'' – Ecuadorian and Bolivian high Andes
*''Cora strigosa'' – Peru
*'' Cora subdavicrinita'' – northern Andes (Colombia, Ecuador)
*'' Cora suturifera'' – Ecuador
*''Cora terrestris'' – Costa Rica
*''Cora terricoleslia'' – Bolivia
*''Cora timucua'' – Florida, United States (possibly extinct)
*'' Cora totonacorum'' – Veracruz, Mexico
*'' Cora trindadensis'' – Ilha da Trindade (Brazil)
*''Cora udebeceana'' – Colombia
*''Cora undulata'' – Colombia
*'' Cora urceolata'' – Colombia
*'' Cora verjonensis'' – Colombia
*''Cora viliewoa'' – Costa Rica; Colombia; Ecuador
*''Cora yukiboa'' – Puerto Rico
*''Cora zapotecorum'' – Oaxaca, Mexico

References

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Agaricales genera
Lichen genera
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
Taxa described in 1825
Basidiolichens