- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Fomitopsis iberica Melo & Ryvarden
- Scientific name
- Fomitopsis iberica
- Author
- Melo & Ryvarden
- Common names
pilátovka iberská
Südlicher Baumschwamm- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Fomitopsidaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Bojan Šeguljev
- Comments etc.
- Bojan Šeguljev, Anna Kiyashko, Claudia Perini, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Vladimír Kunca, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Synonymy: Pilatoporus ibericus (Melo & Ryvarden) Kotl. & Pouzar, Cryptogamie Mycologie 14 (3): 217 (1993) [MB#357958]
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
This species is widespread in Europe but is considered rare since its sporacarps are occuring sparsely.
Geographic range
Population and Trends
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
Fomitopsis iberica is thermophilic and Mediterranean species of fungi found in many European countries, but its sporacarps are appearing rarely. Fruit bodies of this species are annual, broadly sessile, with strong smell, growing in imbricate clusters and in some places overgrown around thin stems of herbaceous plant. F. iberica is a brown rot fungus recorded on Quercus, Pinus, Fraxinus and Carpinus.
Threats
Removal of dead wood.
Conservation Actions
Research needed
Use and Trade
Bibliography
Bernicchia, A. 2005. Polyporaceae s.l., Fungi Europaei. 10
Vampola, P. 1996. New localities of Pilatoporus ibericus in Europe and Asia, In: Czech Mycol. 49(2):85–90
