Cora setosa
# Cora setosa

Cora setosa is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Colombia, it was formally described as a new species in 2014 by Leidy Yasmín Vargas, Bibiana Moncada, and Robert Lücking The type was collected in Finca El Paraiso (Vereda Centro Sur, Chámeza) at an altitude of 1,400 m (4,600 ft). It is only known to occur at the type locality, where it grows as an epiphyte on branches in partially shaded spots. The thallus is emerald-green (smaragd) when fresh, measuring up to 8 cm (3 in) across and comprising four or five circular lobes arranged in layers above each other. The specific epithet refers to the setose (i.e. bristly) lateral lobe margins. Similar species include Cora cyphellifera, C. aspera, and C. gyrolophia.

