- Scientific name
- Pseudotulasnella guatemalensis
- Author
- Lowy
- Common names
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- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Cantharellales
- Family
- Tulasnellaceae
- Assessment status
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Published
- Assessment date
- 2023-04-12
- IUCN Red List Category
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DD
- Assessors
- Susana C. Gonçalves; Susana Cunha (RBG Kew and University of Coimbrta, Portugal)
- Reviewers
- Gregory Mueller (Chicago Botanic Garden / IUCN SSC Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball Specialist Group)
Assessment Notes
Justification
Pseudotulasnella guatemalensis is a resupinate species known exclusively from its type collection in 1963 in Guatemala. No further records have been made since and little information is available, so the species is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).
Taxonomic notes
This is the type and only species in the
Pseudotulasnella genus, established based on morphological characteristics, namely of its basidia (Lowy 1964). No molecular data are available for this species.
Geographic range
This species is only known from Guatemala.
Population and Trends
Pseudotulasnella guatemalensis is only known from its original collection. Further records or targeted search attempts are needed to estimate the population size.
Population Trend: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology
This is a resupinate species, found growing on rotten frondose wood (Lowy 1964).
Threats
Threats to this species are unknown.
Conservation Actions
Targeted search efforts are needed to establish the population size, distribution limits and habitat preferences.
Source and Citation
Cunha, S.P. & Gonçalves, S.C. 2025. Pseudotulasnella guatemalensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T266016012A266018782. Accessed on 22 November 2025.