- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Amauroderma elegantissimum Ryvarden & Iturr.
- Scientific name
- Amauroderma elegantissimum
- Author
- Ryvarden & Iturr.
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Ganodermataceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira
- Comments etc.
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Tatiana Gibertoni
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Amauroderma elegantissimum is similar to A. oblongisporum. It is distinguished from A. oblongisporum by larger (12–15 × 8–10 µm) basidiospores, slightly smaller (5–7/mm) pores, and tramal tissues containing dark-brown, short, setae-like skeletal hyphae with rounded to pointed apices, some with a few lateral 3–12 × <180 µm protuberances or outgrowths (Campacci & Gugliotta 2009, Gomes-Silva et al. 2015).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species is only known in 2 countries. In Brazil, it is known in 6 of the 26 states.
Population and Trends
There are 48 records in 2 countries, almost all of them in Brazil.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
Neotropical species. In Brazil, the species is moslty found in Amazonia, with rare reports in the Atlantic Forest.
Threats
The species is well distributed in Brazil, present in pluvial forest domain. However, the Amazon has currently the highest rates of deforestation in the last decades and the Atlantic Forest is already a hotspot.
Conservation Actions
Some records in Brazil are in unprotected areas.
Research needed
Other areas should be studied in order to assess the distribution of this species.
Use and Trade
None
