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Cantharellus persicinus R.H. Petersen
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- Scientific name
- Cantharellus persicinus
- Author
- R.H. Petersen
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Cantharellales
- Family
- Cantharellaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-03-19
- IUCN Red List Category
- LC
- Assessors
- Siegel, N.
- Reviewers
- Dahlberg, A.
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198623075/198624237
Justification
Cantharellus persicinus is a widely distributed chanterelle in eastern USA, but with a limited number of records. However, many reported collections of C. persicinus are the pink or peach forms of C. velutinus. There is only a poor knowledge of the full distribution, abundance, trend and ecology of the species, but based on the range and the fact that it comes from a habitat that appears to not be under significant threat, C. persicinus is tentatively assessed as Least Concern here, but further work is encouraged.Taxonomic notes
Cantharellus persicinus was described from Tennessee, USA (Petersen 1985). Cantharellus spectaculus (Foltz et al. 2013), described from Wisconsin, is a synonym (Buyck et al. 2016a). The name C. persicinus has been misapplied to the pink or peach forms of C. velutinus (Buyck et al. 2016b) in field guides (e.g. Roody 2003) and online platforms such as iNaturalist, Mushroom Observer, and MyCoPortal (2021), and Mushroom Expert (Kuo 2015). Many observations reported under the name C. persicinus on these sites are in fact C. velutinus.Geographic range
The distribution of Cantharellus persicinus remains poorly-known due to the misapplication of the name C. persicinus to pink specimens of C. velutinus. Most records come from the southern Appalachian Mountains in South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee, and sequenced-confirmed collections come from Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Based on better-known species of Cantharellus with similar distribution patterns, this species should be expected to occur in southern New England.Population and Trends
Population size and trends of this species are difficult to assess, due to the misapplication of the name C. persicinus to pink specimens of C. velutinus. There was only a single observation on iNaturalist and two on Mushroom Observer (March 5th, 2021) correctly identified. Most observations on these sites referred to as C. persicinus pertained to other Cantharellus species. Even though records come from a widespread area, there are a limited number of confirmed reports of this species. A concerted effort to document C. persicinus is needed before any assessment can be made on population numbers.
Population Trend: unknown