- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Trichaptum sector (Ehrenb.) Kreisel
- Scientific name
- Trichaptum sector
- Author
- (Ehrenb.) Kreisel
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Danilo Chagas
- Comments etc.
- Danilo Chagas, Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Tatiana Gibertoni
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Trichaptum sector is characterized of flabelliform, whitish to greyish basidiomata and the grey hymenial surface (Gibertoni et al 2011).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species in known in 19 countries, mostly reported in Brazil and the USA.
Population and Trends
There are about 770 records of this species in GBIF, most of them in the Brazil and USA.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
In Brazil, the species is found in the Atlantic Forest, Amazon Forest and Cerrado.
Threats
In Brazil, this species is mostly recorded in the Atlantic Forest, a hotspot. The other records are in the Amazonia (currently being deforested at the highest rates in the last decades) and Cerrado (also a hotspot).
Conservation Actions
Some 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
None
