- Scientific name
- Phaeoaphelaria australiensis
- Author
- Corner
- Common names
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- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Cantharellales
- Family
- Aphelariaceae
- Assessment status
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Published
- Assessment date
- 2023-04-19
- IUCN Red List Category
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DD
- Assessors
- Susana Cunha (RBG Kew and University of Coimbrta, Portugal); Susana C. Gonçalves
- Reviewers
- Gregory Mueller (Chicago Botanic Garden / IUCN SSC Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball Specialist Group)
Assessment Notes
Justification
Phaeoaphelaria australiensis is an Australian species known only from its description in 1953. There is no detailed information available on its type locality and no evidence of any attempts to locate it since. Therefore, it is not possible to estimate current population size, distribution or threats and the species is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).
Taxonomic notes
This is the type and only species in the genus
Phaeoaphelaria. No molecular data are available.
Geographic range
This species was described from Australia, New South Wales, near Sydney (Corner 1953).
Population and Trends
It is not possible to estimate population size without further records or search attempts.
Population Trend: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology
It has been found growing on wood, but its specific habitat is unknown.
Threats
Threats to this species are unknown.
Conservation Actions
This species needs a taxonomic review as well as new search attempts to help establish its distribution, population size and habitat preferences.
Source and Citation
Cunha, S.P. & Gonçalves, S.C. 2026. Phaeoaphelaria australiensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T290320825A290321503. Accessed on 10 July 2026.