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Ramaria flava var. flava (Tourn. ex Battarra) Quél.

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Scientific name
Ramaria flava var. flava
Author
(Tourn. ex Battarra) Quél.
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Gomphales
Family
Gomphaceae
Assessment status
Proposed
Proposed by
Jade Chaddad
Comments etc.
Jade Chaddad

Assessment Notes

Taxonomic notes

The species was registered for the first time in 1763 by th scientific name Clavaria flava, being realocated to the current Ramaria genera in 1888. It presents fruiting body with 10-20 cm high and 7-15 cm wide, in lemon to sulphur yellow collors and stem 50-80 x 40-50 mm with whitish base becoming brown as it ages. The spores are pale ochraceous, elliptic and roughened.


Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?

There is a few registration of this species all over the world, with zero registrations in herbariums according to the species link plataform and only 8 registers at the mycobank plataform. That may be duo the lack of recent molecular studies about the species (and genera), but even so, that makes a potential species to the global red list assignment.


Geographic range

The species was more commonly found in Europe, with its higher range being through the Mediterranean and the Iberian Peninsula. Currently there’s register in 9 different countries.


Population and Trends

Population Trend: Improving


Habitat and Ecology

The species can be found in eucalyptus forests, broadleaf woodland and mixed or Beech woodlands. It’s also mycorrhizal with hardwoods, and there’s been registers in south of brazil about cases of cattle being intoxicated by it’s consuption.

Temperate ForestSubtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ForestIntroduced Vegetation

Threats

The related biomas of the species has been threatned due the advances of monoculture of soy, advances of urbanization, logging and climate changes.

Agro-industry farmingAgro-industry plantationsMining & quarryingIntentional use: large scale (species being assessed is the target) [harvest]

Conservation Actions


Research needed

The generas composing the artificial group of coral fungi presents very few studies about molecular identification and DNA analysis, witch makes it difficult for us to know the real status of extinction threat surrounding this group, viewing that the species are very similar morphologicly speaking. Studies needed in this matter involve taxonomy, molecular analysis and filonegy analysis, so we can correctly identify the species being recently found and then do a correctly analysis abou it’s status and possible strategies of conservation.

TaxonomyPopulation size, distribution & trendsThreatsActions

Use and Trade


Bibliography


Country occurrence

Regional Population and Trends

Country Trend Redlisted