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Albatrellus avellaneus Pouzar
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- Scientific name
- Albatrellus avellaneus
- Author
- Pouzar
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Albatrellaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-01-19
- IUCN Red List Category
- LC
- Assessors
- Siegel, N.
- Reviewers
- Mueller, G.M.
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/195921556/195927165
Justification
Albatrellus avellaneus is a common species on the Pacific Coast of North America, from northern California into Alaska, with occasional reports from the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest. It is likely that it is under-reported, and so may be more common and occur more widely within the known range than presently recognized. The population appears to be stable and no threats have been identified. It is assessed as Least Concern (LC).Taxonomic notes
Described by Pouzar (1972), from a collection made in Humboldt Co, California, USA. The name Albatrellus ovinus, a European and eastern North American (and possibly Rocky Mountain) species, has been misapplied to A. avellaneus.Geographic range
Albatrellus avellaneus is common on the north Coast of California and coastal Oregon in suitable habitat - coastal Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)-Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla) forests. Its distribution continues north into south-central Alaska, USA. It also occurs in the Cascade Range with Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii), but is much more localized in this habitat. Reports from Mexico probably represent a different species, and Rocky Mountain specimens should be compared genetically with Pacific Coast specimens, to confirm/refute conspecificity. It remains under-reported, partially due to the misapplication of the name Albatrellus ovinus to records likely to represent this species.Population and Trends
The population appears to be stable over a widespread area (from northern California, USA, through coastal British Columbia, Canada, north into Alaska, USA), east to at least the Cascade Range. No sign of decline has been observed, and it seems to have a preference for younger forest, often around areas subject to small-scale disturbance.
Population Trend: stable
