Cora coca

Cora coca

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

Naming

The Coca species name is based on a research paper by Luis Fernando Coca, a fungi specialist from Colombia. The paper has not yet been published online, therefore information in this species record is based on the offline version of the report.
Cora Coca growing on rock, Tatama National Park, Colombia For more background on this species' naming and status, please check this other photos' description: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/55054/dictyonema_coca_or_cora_coca_tatama_national_park_colombia.html Cerro Montezuma,Choco,Chocó,Colombia,Colombia Choco & Pacific region,Fall,Geotagged,Montezuma,South America,Tatama National Park,Tatamá National Park,World

Distribution

Claim is that this species is locally endemic to Tatama National Park, Colombia

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Taxonomy
KingdomFungi
DivisionBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyHygrophoraceae
GenusCora
SpeciesCora coca
Photographed in
Colombia