Assessment Notes

Justification

This species is only known from its type collection, made at Parque Estadual do Marumbi Rio do Nunes, Brazil. Depending on how widespread this species may be, it is potentially threatened by urbanization and non-timber agriculture, but further research is required in order to confirm this. Very little is known about the habitat preferences of this species other than that it grows on soil in dense, ombrophilous forest, making assessment of the current population trends of this species difficult. Until further information arises from research, this species is listed as Data Deficient.

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Geographic range

The only known record of this species was found in Paraná, Brazil, in the Parque Estadual do Marumbi Rio do Nunes (Petersen and Mueller 1992).

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Population and Trends

While there has been relatively little forest cover loss within its known range over recent years (see World Resources Institute 2020), the wider Atlantic Forest region has seen extensive forest loss (see e.g. Myers et al. 2000). Without further research, it is difficult to determine the severity of the threats affecting this species, and so its population trends are currently uncertain.

Population Trend: unknown

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Habitat and Ecology

The type of this species was found growing on soil in a dense, ombrophilous forest (Petersen and Mueller 1992, Sulzbacher et al. 2013).

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Threats

Depending on how widespread the species is, it is likely to be threatened by urbanization and by non-timber agriculture.

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Conservation Actions

Protection of this species' habitat is needed for conservation of any existing subpopulations of this species. Further research into the habitat preferences and specific distribution of this species, as well as to what extent it is threatened in its native range, is required in order to give it a more accurate classification.

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Source and Citation

Liddle, T.A. 2023. Cantharellus xanthoscyphus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T223773386A223773388. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T223773386A223773388.en .Accessed on 3 January 2024

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