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Cora Coca growing on rock, Tatama National Park, Colombia For more background on this species&#039; naming and status, please check this other photos&#039; description:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55054/cora_coca_tatama_national_park_colombia.html" title="Cora Coca, Tatama National Park, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/55054_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=%2FLMzx9yQZ1%2Fn83e4SgsLcsbjxAE%3D" width="102" height="152" alt="Cora Coca, Tatama National Park, Colombia This species of fungi has been recently described in a paper by Dr. Luis Fernando Coca, one of Colombia&#039;s top fungi specialists. Cora, this species&#039; genus, is remarkable, according to Luis:<br /> <br /> &quot;something amazing about Cora is that traditionally was just one species and from 2014 Cora has 120 different species, and probably 400&quot;<br /> <br /> The species itself in this case was directly growing on rock, possibly making it (part of) a lichen:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55055/dictyonema_coca_or_cora_coca_growing_on_rock_tatama_national_park_colombia.html<br /> I fail to understand how lichens work exactly, but this article may provide some background:<br /> https://phys.org/news/2014-07-south-american-lichen-species-fungi.html<br /> <br /> Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Choc&oacute;,Colombia,Colombia Choco &amp; Pacific region,Dictyonema coca,Fall,Geotagged,Montezuma,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatam&aacute; National Park,World" /></a></figure> Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Fall,Geotagged,Montezuma,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World Click/tap to enlarge

Cora Coca growing on rock, Tatama National Park, Colombia

For more background on this species' naming and status, please check this other photos' description:

Cora Coca, Tatama National Park, Colombia This species of fungi has been recently described in a paper by Dr. Luis Fernando Coca, one of Colombia's top fungi specialists. Cora, this species' genus, is remarkable, according to Luis:<br /> <br /> "something amazing about Cora is that traditionally was just one species and from 2014 Cora has 120 different species, and probably 400"<br /> <br /> The species itself in this case was directly growing on rock, possibly making it (part of) a lichen:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55055/dictyonema_coca_or_cora_coca_growing_on_rock_tatama_national_park_colombia.html<br /> I fail to understand how lichens work exactly, but this article may provide some background:<br /> https://phys.org/news/2014-07-south-american-lichen-species-fungi.html<br /> <br /> Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Dictyonema coca,Fall,Geotagged,Montezuma,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World

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The Cora coca

Cora Coca is a fungi in the Cora genus. It is claimed to be endemic to Tatama National Park in Colombia.

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Similar species: Agaricales
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Nov 22, 2017. Captured Oct 17, 2017 07:45 in 50, Condoto, Chocó, Colombia.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/7.1
  • 1/400s
  • ISO2800
  • 112mm
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Captured in the fall. More fall photos.