''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 {{Hygrophoraceae-stub