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Rigidoporus lineatus (Pers.) Ryvarden

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Scientific name
Rigidoporus lineatus
Author
(Pers.) Ryvarden
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Polyporales
Family
Meripilaceae
Assessment status
Proposed
Proposed by
Danilo Chagas
Comments etc.
Danilo Chagas, Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Tatiana Gibertoni

Assessment Notes

Taxonomic notes

Rigidoporus lineatus is characterized by the sessile to rarely substipitate basidiomata, pinkish buff to reddish-brown pileus surface, small pores,thick-walled, smooth to strongly encrusted cystidia and subglobose to globose basidiospores. It is macromorphologically similar to R. microporus, and only differing by the lack of cystidia and pores size (GOMES-SILVA et al 2014).


Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?


Geographic range

The species in known in 26 countries.


Population and Trends

There are about 1234 by records of this species in GBIF, about half of them in Brazil.

Population Trend: Uncertain


Habitat and Ecology

In Brazil, the species is found in Amazon Forest and Atlantic Forest.

Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland Forest

Threats

In Brazil, this species is mostly recorded in the Atlantic Forest, a hotspot. The other records are in the Amazonia, which has currently the highest rates of deforestation in the last decades.

Housing & urban areasAgro-industry farmingSmall-holder plantationsScale Unknown/UnrecordedRoads & railroadsUnintentional effects (species being assessed is not the target)Unintentional effects: subsistence/small scale (species being assessed is not the target) [harvest]Increase in fire frequency/intensityHabitat shifting & alteration

Conservation Actions

Some records in Brazil are in unprotected areas.

Resource & habitat protectionSite/area managementHabitat & natural process restoration

Research needed

Other areas should be studied in order to assess the distribution of this species.

TaxonomyPopulation size, distribution & trendsArea-based Management Plan

Use and Trade

None

Unknown

Bibliography


Country occurrence

Regional Population and Trends

Country Trend Redlisted