''Cora timucua'', the Timucua heart lichen, is a species of

lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

. The Timucua heart lichen was named to honor the

Timucua people The Timucua were a Native American people who lived in Northeast and North Central Florida and southeast Georgia. They were the largest indigenous group in that area and consisted of about 35 chiefdoms, many leading thousands of people. The var ...

. The species is now potentially extinct but this is unknown.

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. ''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.

References

timucua The Timucua were a Native American people who lived in Northeast and North Central Florida and southeast Georgia. They were the largest indigenous group in that area and consisted of about 35 chiefdoms, many leading thousands of people. The var ...

Lichen species Taxa named by James D. Lawrey Taxa named by Robert Lücking Basidiolichens {{Lichen-stub