Cora zapotecorum is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Mexico, it was formally described as a new species in 2019 by Bibiana Moncada, Rosa Emilia Pérez-Pérez, and Robert Lücking. The type specimen was collected from Cerro Pelón (Santiago Comaltepec, Oaxaca) in a cloud forest at an altitude of 2,990 m (9,810 ft). Here it grows as an epiphyte on tree and shrub branches, often around bryophytes and liverworts. It occurs sympatrically with some close relatives: Cora benitoana, C. buapana, and C. marusae. The specific epithet zapotecorum refers to the Zapotec peoples, many of whom now live in the area covered by Oaxaca.[1]
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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. zapotecorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cora zapotecorum Moncada, R.-E.Pérez & Lücking (2019)
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References
edit- ^ Moncada, Bibiana; Pérez-Pérez, Rosa Emilia; Lücking, Robert (2019). "The lichenized genus Cora (Basidiomycota: Hygrophoraceae) in Mexico: high species richness, multiple colonization events, and high endemism". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 64 (2): 393–411. doi:10.2478/pfs-2019-0026. S2CID 210074827.