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Perenniporia aurantiaca (A. David & Rajchenb.) Decock & Ryvarden
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- Scientific name
- Perenniporia aurantiaca
- Author
- (A. David & Rajchenb.) Decock & Ryvarden
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira
- Comments etc.
- Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Tatiana Gibertoni
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Perenniporia aurantiaca is easily recognized by its bright orange color (Decock & Ryvarden 1999).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species in known in 4 countries. In Brazil, it is known in 8 of the 26 states.
Population and Trends
There are about 40 records in 4 countries, the vast majority of them in Brazil.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
Neotropical species. In Brazil the species is found mostly in Amazonia and more rarely 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
Many of the 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
