Cora timucua

Cora timucua
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Possibly Extinct  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific 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. ^[3] The species is now potentially extinct but this is unknown. ^[4]

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. ^[4] 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. ^[5]

References

1. Dal Forno, M.; Kaminsky, L.; Lücking, R. (2021). "Cora timucua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T175711802A175712343. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T175711802A175712343.en . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
2. NatureServe. "Cora timucua". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
3. "Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct". Florida Museum. 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
4. 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.
5. "CNALH - Cora timucua". lichenportal.org. Retrieved 2021-12-03.