''Cora strigosa'' 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 ...
. Found in Peru, it was
formally described as a new species in 2013 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 ...
, Elias Paz, and Luis Salcedo. The
type specimen was collected in
Piscacucho at an altitude of about . Here, in
montane rainforest and pasture near
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain range.UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which ...
, the lichen
grows on rocks together with other lichens, such as ''
Hypotrachyna
''Hypotrachyna'' is a genus of lichenized fungi within the family Parmeliaceae
The Parmeliaceae is a large and diverse family of Lecanoromycetes. With over 2700 species in 71 genera, it is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi. The m ...
'' and ''
Rimelia''. ''Cora strigosa'' is only known to occur at the
type locality. 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 ...
''strigosa'' refers to the strigose (i.e., with dense, short, hair-like projections) upper surface of the
thallus, especially prominent where they project radially at the margins. This lichen resembles ''
Cora hirsuta
''Cora hirsuta'' (previously ''Dictyonema hirsutum'') is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in the páramo region near Bogotá at over elevation, it was described as new to science in 2011. The lichen, characterise ...
'', but it is not closely related.
References
strigosa
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2013
Lichens of Peru
Taxa named by Robert Lücking
Basidiolichens
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