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''Cora hymenocarpa'' is a species of
basidiolichen Basidiolichens are lichenized members of the Basidiomycota, a much smaller group of lichens than the far more common ascolichens in the Ascomycota. In arctic, alpine, and temperate forests, the most common basidiolichens are in the agaric genus ...
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 evi ...
. Found in Costa Rica, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by
Robert Lücking Robert Lücking (born 1964) is a German lichenologist. He is a leading expert on foliicolous lichens–lichens that live on leaves. Life and career Born in Ulm in 1964, Lücking earned both his master's (1990) and PhD degree (1994) at the Univer ...
, José Luis Chaves, and
James D. Lawrey James Donald Lawrey is a biologist, specialising in lichens. He is known for leading long-term monitoring projects, taxonomy and studies of the evolution of the fungi in lichens. Early life and education After growing up in Rockville, Maryland, ...
. 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 ...
''hymenocarpa'' refers to the "strongly flattened, emarginate hymenophore". ''Cora hymenocarpa'' grows in the tropical
rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfo ...
s of Costa Rica as an epiphyte on the somewhat shaded branches and twigs of shrubs and trees. The Colombian species ''
Cora hafecesweorthensis ''Cora hafecesweorthensis'' is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Colombia, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Bibiana Moncada, Robert Lücking, and Rouchi Nadine Peláez-Pulido. The specific ep ...
'' is similar in appearance but is not closely related
phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
ally.


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hymenocarpa Lichen species Lichens described in 2016 Lichens of Central America Taxa named by James D. Lawrey Taxa named by Robert Lücking Basidiolichens {{Hygrophoraceae-stub