- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Grammothele brasiliensis Ryvarden
- Scientific name
- Grammothele brasiliensis
- Author
- Ryvarden
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira
- Comments etc.
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Tatiana Gibertoni
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
This species may be confused with Tinctoporellus epimiltinus (Berk. & Br.) Ryvarden, which has similar colour (bluish white and light beige), pores (angular to round, 7–9 per mm), and dimitic hyphal system. However, the ellipsoid to subglobose basidiospores [4–5 (5.5) 9 2.5–3 µm], absence of dendrohyphidia and cystidioles separate it from G. brasiliensis. Besides, G. brasiliensis don’t group in the Tinctoporellus clade, but form a monophyletic lineage with strong support within the Grammothele clade (Hyde et al. 2019).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species is known only from Brazil, it is known in 6 of the 26 states.
Population and Trends
There are about 70 records of this species in GBIF, all of them in Brazil.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
So far, restricted to Brazil, where is found in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest.
Threats
The species has restricted distribution so far, present in pluvial forest domain in Brazil. However, the Amazon has currently the highest rates of deforestation in the last decades and the Atlantic Forest is already a hotspot.
Conservation Actions
All of the records in Brazil are in protected areas.
Research needed
Other areas should be studied in order to assess the distribution of this species.
Use and Trade
None.
