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Bovista ochrotricha Kreisel

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Scientific name
Bovista ochrotricha
Author
Kreisel
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Assessment status
Proposed
Proposed by
Mikael Jeppson
Comments etc.
Mikael Jeppson

Assessment Notes

Taxonomic notes

Bovista ochrotricha is a little known puffball described already in 1919. It recalls Bryoperdon acuminatum in morphology but can be dsitinguished on its distinctly verrucose basidiospores. No sequence data is currently available (2024) but when molecular data will be provided it may well group in the Bryoperdon clade as a sister species to B. acuminata. Microscopy is needed for ID.


Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?

A species with a specialised ecology (lignicolous on living trees) with less than 50 records worldwide. Fragmented population. More data is needed to evaluate its current population status. DD


Geographic range

Bovista ochrotricha is considered to have a west-mediterranean distribution range (Kresiel 2001), although originally described from Paradenya in Sri Lanka. In Europe it has been recorded from peninsular Spain and Portugal as well as from the Canary Islands. Recent records from Japan and Florida (USA) are in need of verification. The known world population is strongly fragmented.


Population and Trends

No data of current status; however the known population is strongly fragmented.

Population Trend:


Habitat and Ecology

Bovista ochrotricha is a lignicolous species growing among mosses on the bark of living deciduous trees. On the Iberian peninsula on Quercus ilex and Q. faginea. In type locality (Sri Lanka) on Artocarpus heterophylla.


Threats

No data available


Conservation Actions

Bovista ochrotricha should be searched for on the known localities to evaluate its current status.


Research needed

DNA-sequence data is needed to establish its relation to the macromorphologically and ecologically similar Bryoperdon acuminatum.


Use and Trade

none


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Country occurrence

Regional Population and Trends

Country Trend Redlisted