- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Grammothele subargentea (Speg.) Rajchenb.
- Scientific name
- Grammothele subargentea
- Author
- (Speg.) Rajchenb.
- 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, Ailton Matheus
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Grammothele subargentea can be confused with G. brasiliensis, but the former has larger pores and longer basidiospores (Hyde et al. 2019).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species in known in 10 countries. In Brazil, it is known in 14 of the 26 states. The record from Germany is actually from Brazil (Blumenaus, by Moller).
Population and Trends
There are about 90 records of this species in GBIF, about half of them in Brazil. Although not a rare species, it is not very common.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
Neotropical species. In Brazil the species is found in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest.
Threats
The species is well distributed in Brazil, present in pluvial forest domain. However, the Amazon has currently the highest rates of deforestation in the last decades and the Atlantic Forest is already a hotspot.
Conservation Actions
About 1/3 of the records in Brazil are in unprotected areas.
Research needed
Other areas should be studied in order to assess the distribution of this species.
Use and Trade
the species has biotechnological interest (Saparrat et al. 2008).
