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Cantharellus violicolor Corner

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Scientific name
Cantharellus violicolor
Author
Corner
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Cantharellales
Family
Cantharellaceae
Assessment status
Published
Assessment date
2024-01-11
IUCN Red List Category
DD
Assessors
James Westrip (IUCN Red List Unit); Adam Liddle
Reviewers
Anders Dahlberg (Swedish Species Information Centre, Uppsala / IUCN SSC Cup-fungus, Truffle and Ally Specialist Group); 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/227000070/270327755

Justification

There is a great paucity of information on this species and it is not currently possible to accurately estimate its extinction risk. Therefore, Cantharellus violicolor is assessed as Data Deficient.

Taxonomic notes

Cantharellus violicolor is a nom. nov. for what was originally described as Cantharellus violaceus by Iwade (see Corner 1966). Corner (1966) questions whether it would be better placed in the genus Gomphus.

Geographic range

This species was originally described as Cantharellus violaceus, but as this name was pre-occupied this was later changed to C. violicolor (see Corner 1966). This original description was from Japan (see Corner 1966), but there have been reports of it growing in Maharashtra, India (Ranadive and Jagtap 2013, Senthilarasu 2014). As this would be a significant distance from the type locality further work is required to confirm that these records are conspecific.

Population and Trends

The distribution and habitat preferences of this species are uncertain. Information on the current status of wild populations of this species are similarly uncertain, and is likely to remain as such without further research into the habitat and distribution of this species, and the threats which may potentially affect it.

Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology

Specimens reported to be this species in India were thought to grow ‘on soil’ (Ranadive and Jagtap 2013). Little further information is known about this species’ habitat preferences and ecology.

Threats

It is difficult to assign any threats to this species without further research.

Conservation Actions

The current status of any wild populations of this species is unknown at this time, and so no conservation action can be recommended. Much research is needed regarding the distribution and habitat of this species, as well as the potential threats affecting it, in order to classify this species accurately.

Source and Citation

Westrip, J.R.S. & Liddle, T.A. 2025. Cantharellus violicolor. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T227000070A270327755. Accessed on 25 November 2025.

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