- Scientific name
- Hallingea purpurea
- Author
- (Zeller & C.W. Dodge) Castellano
- Common names
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- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Hysterangiales
- Family
- Gallaceaceae
- Assessment status
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Published
- Assessment date
- 2020-04-01
- IUCN Red List Category
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LC
- Assessors
- Furci, G. & Smith, M.
- Reviewers
- Dentinger, B. & Mueller, G.M.
Assessment Notes
Justification
This is one of the most common truffle-like fungi in Nothofagaceae forests in Chile and Argentina. It is associated with a wide array of Nothofagaceae host species in a variety of habitats, over a wide area. It is assessed as Least Concern.
Geographic range
This species is found over a very broad area in southern Chile and Argentina in a wide variety of forest types with Nothofagaceae.
Population and Trends
This ectomycorrhizal species is found over a wide geographic area with many different species of Nothofagaceae host trees and in a variety of forest types. The population appears to be stable.
Population Trend: stable
Habitat and Ecology
This ectomycorrhizal species is associated with a wide variety of Nothofagaceae host trees.
Threats
Due to the widespread occurrence of this species in a variety of Nothofagaceae-dominated forests, there are currently no major threats that imperil this species.
Conservation Actions
No specific conservation actions are needed with regards to this species, and no specific research is currently needed to understand the conservation of this species.
Use and Trade
This species has no known human uses.
Source and Citation
Furci, G. & Smith, M. 2020. Hallingea purpurea. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T172832620A172861372.
https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T172832620A172861372.en .Accessed on 5 February 2025