Species may qualify for a threatened category with criterion A due to habitat loss, but while I have good documentation for habitat reduction for China, most of its range is in Russia. Global Forest Watch shows deforestation in the region, but only one putative host (L.olgensis) is in the Russian and Global Red Lists, the others are not in included or Least Concern. I’m not sure how up to date these evaluations are but Psiloboletinus lariceti could also be Least Concern for this reason.
I am also not sure if I should join polygons in map in Eastern Russia so I have included map that has point as well to help review it.
Psiloboletinus lariceti is a bolete with a large distribution in mountain and taiga regions in Russia, and to a lesser extent in Mongolia, and northeastern China. Its population size is projected to be above 75000 mature individuals. P. lariceti is thought to form mycorrhizal associations with Larix sp., but this relationship is not well defined. A population decline is likely due to habitat loss in part of its range, but is difficult to establish across its whole distribution. Therefore the species is assessed as Least Concern (LC).
Psiloboletinus lariceti is the type species of this monotypic genus based on its morphologic characteristics and confirmed through phylogenetic analysis (Wu et al. 2020).
Found in Siberia, Far East Russia, northern Mongolia and northeastern China (Wu et al., 2020).
P. lariceti is known from more than 15 sites and has a large area of potential distribution in Asia (GBIF.org, 2023, Wu et al., 2020). Following guidelines by Dahlberg and Mueller (2011), population size is projected to be above 75000 mature individuals.
Population decline in at least part of its range is likely due to a decrease in area of habitat, i.e. Larix sp. forests, caused by overexploitation. However, since P. lariceti likely associates with different Larix species across its range, it is difficult to estimate population reduction.
Population Trend: Decreasing
Psiloboletinus lariceti can be found on the soil, solitary to clustered. It is thought to be ectomycorrhizal and occurs under Larix siberica, L. olgensis and L. gmelinii, and in mixed forests dominated by Larix with Betula, Pinus, Rhododendron or Populus species, in taiga and mountain habitats (Wu et al. 2020).
Different Larix forests have been classified as threatened in the Red List of China’s forest ecosystems ranging from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered due to a reduction of geographic distribution in a period of 50 years (Chen et al. 2020).
Protection of Larix sp. forests in this region is essential to prevent further declines in population size.
Research into ectomycorrhizal relationships for this species is needed to confirm putative hosts and improve estimates of the impact of habitat loss.
P. lariceti is an edible species, sometimes collected in large quantities in Russia (Wu et al., 2020).
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