- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Auricularia fuscosuccinea (Mont.) Henn.
- Scientific name
- Auricularia fuscosuccinea
- Author
- (Mont.) Henn.
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Auriculariales
- Family
- Auriculariaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Renato Lúcio Alvarenga
- Comments etc.
- Renato Lúcio Alvarenga, Tatiana Gibertoni, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Auricularia fuscosuccinea is characterized by cinnamon basidiomata when dry and medulla distinctly present near to the abhymenium. It is similar to A. fibrillifera and A. thailandica, but differs by slightly thicker basidiomata and hyphae with simple septa.
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species in known in 46 countries. In Brazil, it is known in 19 of the 26 states.
Population and Trends
There are about 1250 records of this species in GBIF, about 1/3 of them (465) in Brazil.
Population Trend: Stable
Habitat and Ecology
Tropical and Subtropical species. In Brazil, the species is found in Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.
Threats
In Brazil, this species is moslty recorded in the Atlantic Forest, a hotspot.
Conservation Actions
Most records are in protected areas, however few of them in Cerrado, a hotspot
Research needed
The species has a fragmented distribution and studies about its population distribution are needed.
Use and Trade
The species is used as food by traditional Neotropical communities (Zent et al. 2004).
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