- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Lycoperdon atropurpureum Vittad.
- Scientific name
- Lycoperdon atropurpureum
- Author
- Vittad.
- Common names
Kikume-hokoritake
lundröksvamp- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Agaricaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Yury Rebriev
- Contributors
- Anders Dahlberg, Yury Rebriev, Tsutomu Hattori
- Comments etc.
- Katerina Rusevska, Mikael Jeppson
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Lycoperdon molle var. atropurpureum (Vittad.) F. Smarda (1958)
Lycoperdon asterospermum Durieu & Mont. (1848)
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Lycoperdon atropurpureum is rare species with the mediterranean and sub Mediterranean distribution and with the narrow ecology preferences.
Geographic range
Europe and a few finds in the Africa.
Population and Trends
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
Terricolous, growing in the woods with Oak.
Threats
Loss of habitats due to deforestation; habitats (oak woods) degradation due to intensive land use.
Conservation Actions
Conservation of known localities, monitoring of the state of habitats and populations. Organization of Important Fungal Areas with a high protected status. Conservation in pure cultures collections.
Research needed
Search of new localities, clarifying of ecological preferences and threats; determination of the optimal ways of protection.
Use and Trade
Bibliography
Flora ČSR. B. 1. Gasteromycetes (Ed. A. Pilat). 1958. Praha, 836 p. (in Czech).
Demoulin V. 1971. Le genre Lycoperdon en Europe et en Amérique du Nord. Étude taxonomique et phytogéographique. Doctoral dissertation Université de Liège. Liège.
Kreisel H.L. 2001. Checklist of the gasteral and secotioid Basidiomycetes of Europe, Africa, and Middle East // Osterr. Z. Pilsk., Vol. 10. P. 213-311.
Rebriev Yu.A., Rusanov V.A., Bulgakov T.S., Svetasheva T.Yu., Zmitrovich I.V., Popov E.S. 2012. Mycobiota of the arid territories of the south-west of Russia. Rostov-on-Don, 84 p. (In Russian)
