- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Grammothele fuligo (Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden
- Scientific name
- Grammothele fuligo
- Author
- (Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira
- Comments etc.
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Tatiana Gibertoni
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Grammothele fuligo is similar to G. denticulata as both have grayish pores, but it is distinguished by its small (7–9 per mm) and wider spores (5.2–7 3 2.3– 3 mm), and it is restricted to monocotyledons (Zhou & Dai 2014).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species is known in 30 countries. In Brazil, it is known in 10 of the 26 states.
Population and Trends
There are average 160 records in 30 countries, about 1/4 of them in Brazil.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
In Brazil the species is found in Amazonia and Atlantic Forest.
Threats
The species is well distributed in Brazil, present in pluvial forest domain. However, the Amazon has currently the highest rates of deforestation in the last decades and the Atlantic Forest is already a hotspot.
Conservation Actions
Some of the records in Brazil are in unprotected areas.
Research needed
Other areas should be studied in order to assess the distribution of this species.
Use and Trade
The species has biotechnological interest (Chauhan, 2019).
