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Scotoderma viride (Sacc.) Jülich
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- Scientific name
- Scotoderma viride
- Author
- (Sacc.) Jülich
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Stereaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2023-04-20
- IUCN Red List Category
- DD
- Assessors
- Susana C. Gonçalves; Susana Cunha (RBG Kew and University of Coimbrta, Portugal)
- Reviewers
- Gregory Mueller (Chicago Botanic Garden / IUCN SSC Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball Specialist Group)
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/266015567/266020812
Justification
Scotoderma viride is a resupinate species described from New Zealand and since reported in Himachal Pradesh in India and Japan. This species appears to have a large distribution and is likely to be under-sampled because of its inconspicuous fruitbodies. However, the few documented occurrences are either more than 50 years old or have no date information. Without more recent records or search attempts it is difficult to estimate the current population size and determine whether this species is Least Concern or if it could be highly threatened. For this reason, the species is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).Taxonomic notes
This is the only species in the Scotoderma genus, established in 1974. No sequence data are available for this species, and Larsson (2007) included it in a list of incertae sedis genera (familial position was not determined).Geographic range
This species was originally described from New Zealand but has since been recorded in the north of India (Himachal Pradesh) and included in a list of corticioid fungi in Japan. Exact current, locality data for New Zealand and Japan are not presented as they are uncertain.Population and Trends
Scotoderma viride has been recorded from at least eight sites: four in New Zealand, three in Himachal Pradesh in the north of India, and at least one site in Japan (Prasher and Ashok 2013, Maekawa 2021, MyCoPortal 2023). However, most New Zealand records are now more than 50 years old and it is not clear when the other collections were made. The number of observations is likely to be limited by the inconspicuous fruitbodies, and its large distribution could be suggestive of a larger population, but a review of herbarium specimens and new collections are needed to accurately estimate the current population size.
Population Trend: Unknown