- Proposed
- Under Assessment
- LCPreliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Cyttaria berteroi Berk.
- Scientific name
- Cyttaria berteroi
- Author
- Berk.
- Common names
Digueñe- IUCN Specialist Group
Cup-fungi, Truffles and Allies- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Leotiomycetes
- Order
- Cyttariales
- Family
- Cyttariaceae
- Assessment status
- Preliminary Assessed
- Preliminary Category
- LC
- Proposed by
- Adriana Calle
- Assessors
- Aída M. Vasco-Palacios, Daniela Torres, Tatiana Sanjuan, E. Ricardo Drechsler-Santos, Thiago Kossmann, Kelmer Martins da Cunha, Pablo Sandoval-Leiva, Adriana Calle, Donald Pfister
- Editors
- Gregory Mueller
- Reviewers
- David Minter
Assessment Notes
Justification
Cyttaria berteroii is an obligate parasite on a number of South American Nothofagus species. It is recorded from Chile and Argentina. The population is stable.
Taxonomic notes
Cyttaria berteroi Berk., Transactions of the Linnaean Society of London 19: 41 (1842) MycoBank #207472
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Cyttari berteroi is found over a very wide geographical area, where multiple species of Nothofagus host trees are fouynd.
Geographic range
Cyttaria berteroii corresponds to the range of its Nothofagus host species, Nothofagus obliqua and Nothofagus glauca. It is recorded from central Chile amongst Santiago and Osorno city. Additionally, it is recorded in Argentina.
Population and Trends
The species is found over a wide geographical area, where Nothofagus glauca and Nothofagus obliqua are found in a variety of forest types.
Population Trend: Stable
Habitat and Ecology
Cyttaria berteroi is an obligate parasite of South American Nothofagus obliqua and Nothofagus glauca. It is restricted to Chile and Argentina
Threats
Even though the species occurs in a variety of Nothofagus-dominated forests, possible future threats include some Nothofagus being targeted for wood extraction, including logging, transformation of native forests into pine plantations and increased fire frequency and intensity (Pino, 2009); currently there are no major threats.
Conservation Actions
No specific conservation actions are needed with regards this species, there is a need to protect the native forest in general.
Research needed
Currently there is no specific research needed to understand the conservation of this species.
Use and Trade
There is a well stablished market for Digueñe consumption in general, which includes Cyttaria berteroi.
