- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Byssomerulius corium (Pers.) Parmasto
- Scientific name
- Byssomerulius corium
- Author
- (Pers.) Parmasto
- Common names
Netted Crust
Ādainā zīdpiepe- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Phanerochaetaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Renato Lúcio Alvarenga
- Comments etc.
- Renato Lúcio Alvarenga, Tatiana Gibertoni, Jan Merta, Inita Daniele
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Byssomerulius corium is easily distinguished due to the ceraceous, merulioid hymenophore or irpicoid appearance with pale ochraceous tints. The hyphal system is pseudodimitic, basidia are long-clavate, constricted, 17–40 × 4–6 µm, basidiospores are ellipsoid-cylindrical, with suprahilar depression, in some cases, slightly curved, 4.5–9 × 2.3–4.5 µm.
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species in known in 62 countries. In Brazil, it is known in 7 of the 26 states
Population and Trends
There are about 10185 records of this species in GBIF, most of them in the Europe, and 47 in Brazil.
Population Trend:
Habitat and Ecology
In Brazil, the species is found in Amazon Forest, Atlantic Forest and Cerrado.
Threats
In Brazil, this species is mostly recorded in the Atlantic Forest, a hotspot. The other few records are in the Amazonia (currently being deforested at the highest rates in the last decades) and Cerrado (also a hotspot).
Conservation Actions
About 1/3 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
None
