Cora auriculeslia is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. It was formally described as a new species in 2016 by Bibiana Moncada, Alba Yánez-Ayabaca, and Robert Lücking. The specific epithet auriculeslia alludes to the ear-shaped lobes of the lichen, and adds the second name of mycologist David Leslie Hawksworth. It is known to occur only from the type locality near Quito in Ecuador, where it grows on the ground in the shade.[1]

Cora auriculeslia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Cora
Species:
C. auriculeslia
Binomial name
Cora auriculeslia
B.Moncada, Yánez-Ayabaca & Lücking (2016)

References

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  1. ^ 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.