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Cantharellus erythraeus Sacc.

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Scientific name
Cantharellus erythraeus
Author
Sacc.
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Cantharellales
Family
Cantharellaceae
Assessment status
Published
Assessment date
2021-01-14
IUCN Red List Category
DD
Assessors
James Westrip (IUCN Red List Unit)
Reviewers
Anders Dahlberg (Swedish Species Information Centre, Uppsala / IUCN SSC Cup-fungus, Truffle and Ally Specialist Group)

Assessment Notes

The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/269707621/269707623

Justification

This species appears to be known from only the type specimen, collected from Eritrea. There is very little further information on this species, and it is not currently possible to accurately assess its extinction risk. Therefore, it is assessed as Data Deficient.

Geographic range

This species appears to only be known from its type specimen. This was possibly collected in, what is today, Eritrea, with the type being collected in "Erythraea" in August 1914 (Saccardo 1916).

Population and Trends

There is no information regarding population size and trends.

Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology

The type description says that this species was collected at the foot of a tree (Saccardo 1916), but there is no further information, and so it is not possible to identify the exact habitat type.

Threats

Without further information it is not possible to ascertain the key threats to this species.

Conservation Actions

Searches are required to look for this species, and so allow for more detailed knowledge of its range, ecology, population size and trend.

Use and Trade

There is no information about its use/trade.

Source and Citation

Westrip, J.R.S. 2025. Cantharellus erythraeus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T269707621A269707623. Accessed on 22 November 2025.

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