- Scientific name
- Russula depauperata
- Author
- (Singer & A.H. Sm.) Trappe & T.F. Elliott
- Common names
-
- IUCN Specialist Group
- Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Russulaceae
- Assessment status
-
Published
- Assessment date
- 2020-04-02
- IUCN Red List Category
-
LC
- Assessors
- Furci, G. & Smith, M.
- Reviewers
- Mueller, G.M. & Neves, M.A.
Assessment Notes
Justification
This is one of the most common truffle-like fungi in Nothofagaceae forests in Chile and Argentina. It is associated with a wide array of Nothofagaceae host species in a variety of habitats, over a wide area. It is assessed as Least Concern.
Taxonomic notes
Cystangium species from South America are taxonomically confused with several species currently recognized (Trierveiler-Pereira
et al. 2015). However, molecular data suggest that all of these
Cystangium species may be synonyms (Smith
et al., unpublished).
Cystangium depauperatum Singer & A.H. Sm. is the oldest name and therefore has priority.
Elasmomyces nothofagi E. Horak is a likely synonym. This species is currently being considered in the genus
Russula as
Russula depauperata (Singer & A.H. Sm.) Trappe & T.F. Elliott (in Elliott and Trappe 2018).
Geographic range
This species is found over a very broad area in Patagonia in many types of Nothofagacae forest.
Population and Trends
This species is very widespread and is among the most common truffle-like species of ectomycorrhizal fungi with Nothofagaceae host trees throughout southern South America.
Population Trend: stable
Habitat and Ecology
This is a common ectomycorrhizal fungus with Nothofagaceae host trees across a wide geographic area and in a number of different forest types.
Threats
Due to the widespread occurrence of this species in a variety of Nothofagaceae-dominated forests, there are currently no major threats that imperil this species.
Conservation Actions
No specific conservation actions are needed with regards to this species. However, additional molecular phylogenetic studies are needed to explore the species boundaries within
Cystangium from Patagonia. If there are actually multiple cryptic species then this may affect our view of the conservation status.
Use and Trade
This species has no known human uses.
Source and Citation
Furci, G. & Smith, M. 2020. Russula depauperata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T172831169A172861342.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T172831169A172861342.en .Accessed on 3 February 2024