''Cora campestris'' is a species of basidiolichen in the family

Hygrophoraceae The Hygrophoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Originally conceived as containing white-spored, thick-gilled agarics (gilled mushrooms), including ''Hygrophorus'' and ''Hygrocybe'' species (the waxcaps or waxy caps), DNA evide ...

. It was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Manuela Dal Forno, Sionara Eliasaro, and Adriano Afonso Spielmann. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

''campestris'' refers to its habitat in the high-altitude fields (''campos de altitude'') of southeastern Brazil, where it grows on exposed rock outcrops.

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campestris Lichen species Lichens described in 2016 Lichens of Southeast Brazil Basidiolichens Taxa named by Manuela Dal-Forno {{Hygrophoraceae-stub