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Cantharellus pallens Pilát

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Scientific name
Cantharellus pallens
Author
Pilát
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Cantharellales
Family
Hydnaceae
Assessment status
Published
Assessment date
2023-12-06
IUCN Red List Category
LC
Assessors
James Westrip (IUCN Red List Unit)
Reviewers
Anders Dahlberg (Swedish Species Information Centre, Uppsala / IUCN SSC Cup-fungus, Truffle and Ally Specialist Group)

Assessment Notes

The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/227507156/270103497

Justification

Cantharellus pallens is a widespread and common species of chanterelle. It is not thought that it would approach the thresholds for consideration as threatened under any criterion, and so it is assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic range

Cantharellus pallens is a widespread species of Europe, ranging from the Mediterranean (where it also occurs in Morocco) to Fennoscandia, although it is more frequent towards the south of its range (Olariaga et al. 2017, I. Olariaga Ibarguren in litt. 2022).

Population and Trends

The overall population size of this widespread species is likely to be very large, and is possibly the most common species in the genus in central and southern Europe (I. Olariaga Ibarguren in litt. 2022).

Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology

This is a forest dwelling species, occurring on rich to acidic soils, in association with a range of different tree species (Olariaga et al. 2017). These are predominantly deciduous, but it has been found with others such as Pinus, Arctostaphyllos and Picea as well as Cistus (I. Olariaga Ibarguren in litt. 2022).

Threats

While it may face some localised threats, especially as it appears to prefer mature forest (I. Olariaga Ibarguren in litt. 2022), it is not thought to face any threats that would impact its status at the species level.

Conservation Actions

No actions are currently thought to be necessary.

Use and Trade

This is an edible species (e.g. Rosas et al. 2017).

Source and Citation

Westrip, J.R.S. 2025. Cantharellus pallens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T227507156A270103497. Accessed on 23 November 2025.

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