- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Thelephora vialis Schwein.
- Scientific name
- Thelephora vialis
- Author
- Schwein.
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Thelephorales
- Family
- Thelephoraceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Siti Nordahliawate Mohamed Sidique
- Comments etc.
- Siti Nordahliawate Mohamed Sidique
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms
Phylacteria vialis (Schwein.) Pat.
Thelephora tephroleuca Berk. & M.A. CurtisCommon names: Groundwart, ganba-jun or dried beef mushroom
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
In 2017, it was considered as a new record for Malaysia (Lee, 2017) and commonly growing on the ground under Pterocarpus indicus. Recently, the Pterocarpus indicus is listed in the IUCN red list as endangered species (Barstow, 2018).
Geographic range
Found in North America (McKnight and McKnight, 1987), New Zealand, Australia, and Japan (Corner, 1968). In Malaysia, it was found on the ground near at Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) (Lee, 2017) and at Sungai Yu, Forest Reserve, Pahang (photo as attached). There is Pterocarpus indicus but no information from Indonesia, Phillipines, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Population and Trends
There is a high rate of deforestation and on average for the Southeast Asia region as a whole, forest loss is 1.2% a year and in 2018, Pterocarpus indicus had been listed as endangered (Barstow, 2018) consequently, effecting the Thelephora vialis Schwein growth.
Population Trend: Decreasing
Habitat and Ecology
Threats
Conservation Actions
Research needed
Use and Trade
Well known as medicinal mushroom especially in China and also considered as one of the most favored edible mushrooms (Dai et al., 2004; Onose et al., 2008).
Bibliography
Barstow, M. 2018. Pterocarpus indicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species2018: e.T33241A2835450.
Corner, E. J. H. 1968. A monograph of Thelephora (Basidiomycetes). Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 27: 1 – 110.
Dai Y-C, Wei Y-L, Zhang X-Q. 2004. An annotated checklist of non-poroid Aphyllophorales in China. Ann Bot Fennici. 2004 41:233-247.
Lee, S.S. 2017. A Field Guide to the Larger Fungi of FRIM. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. pp. 174.
McKnight K. H., McKnight V. B. 1987. A Field Guide to Mushrooms.North America: Houghton Mifflin: Boston. pp 76-78.
