Cora timucua
Cora timucua, the Timucua heart lichen, is a species of lichen collected from 1885 to 1985 and discovered in 2021 at Florida. The Timucua heart lichen was named to honor the Timucua people.[1] The species is now potentially extinct but this is unknown.
| Cora timucua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Description
Cora timucua are around 2.5 to 7 cm across and has its Thallus epiphytic on stems. C. timucua composed of (1–)3–5 semicircular, adjacent to subimbricate lobes; individual lobes 1–3(–4) cm wide and 1–3 cm long. The thallus in section are 200 ɥm with max growth of the thallus being 250 ɥm max and has 20–30 ɥm high medullary. The aeruginouse is around 60 to 100 ɥm thick.[2]
References
- "Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct". Florida Museum. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
- "CNALH - Cora timucua". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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