Cora smaragdina is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in southern Costa Rica, it was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Robert Lücking, Gary Rivas-Plata, and José Luis Chaves. The specific epithet smaragdina refers to the emerald-green colour of the fresh lobes. The lichen occurs in tropical mountainous rainforest, where it grows as an epiphyte on tree bark.[1]
| Cora smaragdina | |
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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. smaragdina
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| Binomial name | |
| Cora smaragdina Lücking, Rivas Plata & Chaves (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. S2CID 27732638.