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Species of lichen

Cora timucua
Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Cora
Species: C. timucua
Binomial name
Cora timucua
Lücking, Kaminsky, Perlmutter, Lawrey & Dal Forno

Cora timucua, the Timucua heart lichen, is a species of lichen collected from 1885 to 1985 in Florida. The Timucua heart lichen was named to honor the Timucua people. The species is now potentially extinct but this is unknown.

Description

Cora timucua lichens are around 2.5 to 7 cm across and grow on the bark of shrubs (Lyonia ferruginea and Quercus virginiana) in inland scrub and oak-dominated hardwood forests of Florida. C. timucua is a foliose lichen composed of 1–3(–5) semicircular, lobes; each 1–3(–4) cm wide and 1–3 cm long. The lobes are often striped, with some blue-green areas, as well as grey-green, to brown, or yellow regions, bleeding a reddish brown pigment.

References

  1. Dal Forno, M.; Kaminsky, L.; Lücking, R. (2021). "Cora timucua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T175711802A175712343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T175711802A175712343.en. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  2. "Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct". Florida Museum. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  3. ^ Lücking, Robert; Kaminsky, Laurel; Perlmutter, Gary B.; Lawrey, James D.; Dal Forno, Manuela (2020). "Cora timucua (Hygrophoraceae), a new and potentially extinct, previously misidentified basidiolichen of Florida inland scrub documented from historical collections". The Bryologist. 123 (4): 657–673. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-123.4.657.
  4. "CNALH - Cora timucua". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.


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