- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Amauroderma schomburgkii (Mont. & Berk.) Torrend
- Scientific name
- Amauroderma schomburgkii
- Author
- (Mont. & Berk.) Torrend
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Ganodermataceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Ailton Matheus
- Comments etc.
- Ailton Matheus, Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Tatiana Gibertoni
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
This is a macromorphological variable species, characterised by globose, distinctly ornamented basidiospores [7‒9 (‒10) μm]. Some specimens are similar to A. sprucei (Pat.) Torrend, which has white context without black lines (Gomes-Silva et al. 2015).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
Species widely distributed in the Neotropics, with highest occurrence in Brazil. Reports in Africa should be revaluated, since Amauroderma s.s. is a neotropical taxon (Sun et al 2020).
Population and Trends
There are about 600 reports of this species in GIBF, most of them in Brazil.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
Species with wide distribution throughout the country, present in four biomes: Amazon, Atlantic Forest, Caatinga and Cerrado.
Threats
It presents no evident threat, being very common at least in Brazil. However, it is found in the Atlantic Forest, a hotspot, in the Amazonia (currently being deforested at the highest rates in the last decades) and Cerrado (also a hotspot).
Conservation Actions
There are reports in unprotected areas
Research needed
Other countries should be better surveyed for a better understanding of distribution of the species.
Use and Trade
None
