Cora timucua

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[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.[2] The species is now potentially extinct but this is unknown.[3]

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.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Dal Forno, M.; Kaminsky, L.; Lücking, R. (2021). "Cora timucua. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T175711802A175712343". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T175711802A175712343.en. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct". Florida Museum. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  3. 1 2 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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