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Amanita ocreata Peck
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- Scientific name
- Amanita ocreata
- Author
- Peck
- Common names
Western Destroying Angel- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Amanitaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-03-17
- IUCN Red List Category
- LC
- Assessors
- Siegel, N.
- Reviewers
- Dahlberg, A.
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198477478/198489125
Justification
Amanita ocreata is a common species with oaks in California, especially in live oak woodlands. There is some decline of this habitat in California, and continued threats, but there is no evidence to suggest that such declines are at a scale to approach the thresholds for listing as threatened. Therefore, it is assessed as Least Concern (LC).Taxonomic notes
Amanita ocreata was described from southern California, USA (Peck 1909). Amanita bivolvata Peck is a synonym. Recent unpublished genetic studies have suggested that there may be a cryptic species falling under the umbrella of Amanita ocreata.Geographic range
This species is widespread in southern California, USA, continuing north in coastal and Coast Range forests, to the northern part on the San Francisco Bay area, continuing north inland on the eastern portion of the Coast Range, and around the Central Valley into the Sierra Nevada foothills.Population and Trends
The population is widespread, and locally this is a common species. There has been some decline due to habitat loss from urban development, Sudden Oak Death, and climate change. Corresponding data to assess the population decline overall is lacking.
Population Trend: decreasing
