Cora arcabucana is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Manuela Dal Forno, Camilo Rodríguez, and Robert Lücking. The specific epithet arcabucana refers to the type locality in the Arcabuco, (Boyacá, Colombia). The lichen grows on the twigs of shrubs and small trees in montane rainforests at altitudes between 2,500 and 3,000 m (8,200 and 9,800 ft). Cora davidia is a closely related species.[1]
| Cora arcabucana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hygrophoraceae |
| Genus: | Cora |
| Species: | C. arcabucana
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| Binomial name | |
| Cora arcabucana Dal-Forno, C.Rodríguez & Lücking (2016)
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References
edit- ^ Lücking, Robert; Forno, Manuela Dal; Moncada, Bibiana; Coca, Luis Fernando; Vargas-Mendoza, Leidy Yasmín; Aptroot, André; et al. (2016). "Turbo-taxonomy to assemble a megadiverse lichen genus: seventy new species of Cora (Basidiomycota: Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), honouring David Leslie Hawksworth's seventieth birthday". Fungal Diversity. 84 (1): 139–207. doi:10.1007/s13225-016-0374-9.