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Mycocalia minutissima (J.T. Palmer) J.T. Palmer

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Scientific name
Mycocalia minutissima
Author
(J.T. Palmer) J.T. Palmer
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


Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?

An inconspicuous bird’s nest fungus with appr 50 known local areas limited to the UK, Germany, Denmark and SW Sweden. Oceanic distribution?
Due to its minute fruitbodies, its is likely to have been under-recorded. Nevertheless a small EOO (1 000 000 km2) and a small AOO (172 km2).

Latest registerd record of it on GBIF is from 2015.
Awaiting more data, DD is sugested.


Geographic range

NW Europe, suboceanic.


Population and Trends

Currently with appr.100 records on GBIF database (equals 30-50 local areas).
Potentially underrecorded due to its inconspicuous fruitbodies,

Estimated number of localities: 200
Estimated number of mature individuals; 4000

AOO: 172 km
EOO:  1000 000 km2

Population Trend:


Habitat and Ecology

Saproptrophic and terricolous on decaying moist plant debris (small twigs, grasses, culms of Juncus, decaying leaves, rottning wood) in open moorland, humid heathland, oligotrophic humid forests).


Threats


Conservation Actions


Research needed


Use and Trade


Bibliography


Country occurrence

Regional Population and Trends

Country Trend Redlisted