Cora sanctae-helenae
| Cora sanctae-helenae | |
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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. sanctae-helenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Cora sanctae-helenae Lücking (2015)
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Cora sanctae-helenae is a species of
South Atlantic), it was formally described as a new species in 2015 by lichenologist Robert Lücking. It is only known from a few collections, some of them dating back to the late 1700s. Cora sanctae-helenae appears to be restricted to the tree fern thicket or cloud forest in the native upper vegetation zone of the island. The type specimen was collected in 1954 from Diana's Peak. According to the records, the lichen grows as an epiphyte on thin twigs and plant stems. It was not found in a 2006 survey.[1]
References
- S2CID 86116037.