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Cantharellus isabellinus Heinem.

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Scientific name
Cantharellus isabellinus
Author
Heinem.
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Cantharellales
Family
Cantharellaceae
Assessment status
Published
Assessment date
2021-03-03
IUCN Red List Category
LC
Assessors
Westrip, J.R.S.
Reviewers
Dahlberg, A.

Assessment Notes

The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/217821684/217823174

Justification

Cantharellus isabellinus has undergone taxonomic revision in recent years, with variety parvisporus having been split as a separate species. As such all records of this species from miombo woodland are considered to be dubious. Based on the newly circumscribed species, it is still suspected to have a very wide range in Central Africa. Confirmed records come from Democratic Republic of Congo and Cameroon, but it occurs in Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest, and so is likely to be even more widespread. Overall, therefore, C. isabellinus is assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic range

Cantharellus isabellinus was originally described from Binga in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (Heinemann 1958). There have been further collections in this country, and others from Cameroon (Buyck et al. 2018, Kamalebo et al. 2019, GBIF.org 2021). These records from Cameroon have been noted from Gilbertiodendron dewevrei forest, and so its distribution is suspected to be large in Central Africa. Records from miombo woodland appear to be in error (Buyck et al. 2013), especially since Buyck et al. (2018) split variety parvisporus (from Tanzania) as a separate species.

Population and Trends

There is no quantitative information regarding population size and trend.

Population Trend: unknown

Habitat and Ecology

The genus Cantharellus consists of species that form ectomycorrhizal associations with trees. The type description was from dry forest (Heinemann 1958), while recent studies suggest Gilbertiodendron dewevrei as a potential host (Buyck et al. 2018, Kamalebo et al. 2019).

Threats

There may be localised threats to this species from logging, land conversion for agriculture and mining; all exacerbated by road construction. However, the overall impact of these on the species' status as a whole is uncertain.

Conservation Actions

Further research is needed to describe the ecology and ascertain the full distribution of the species.

Source and Citation

Westrip, J.R.S. 2022. Cantharellus isabellinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T217821684A217823174. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T217821684A217823174.en .Accessed on 21 December 2023

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