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Amylohyphus africanus Ryvarden
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- Scientific name
- Amylohyphus africanus
- Author
- Ryvarden
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Stereaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2022-12-05
- IUCN Red List Category
- DD
- Assessors
- Susana Cunha (RBG Kew and University of Coimbrta, Portugal); Susana C. Gonçalves
- Reviewers
- James Westrip (IUCN Red List Unit)
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/238744156/252902065
Justification
Amylohyphus africanus is a crust fungus only known from its original description in 1978. Further, and more recent, records are needed to evaluate the current population size and distribution of the species. Therefore, this species is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).Taxonomic notes
This is the only known species of the monotypic genus Amylohyphus.Geographic range
This species is known from one locality in Uwinka, Rwanda, in the 'Rugege' Forest (now called Nyungwe) (Ryvarden 1978).Population and Trends
This species is only known from the type specimen found in Rwanda. Given the possible large amount of suitable habitat, the species may be more widespread but the lack of more current records makes it impossible to calculate a population size and trend.
Population Trend: Unknown