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Craterellus ignicolor (R.H. Petersen) Dahlman, Danell & Spatafora
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- Scientific name
- Craterellus ignicolor
- Author
- (R.H. Petersen) Dahlman, Danell & Spatafora
- Common names
Flame-colored Chanterelle- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Cantharellales
- Family
- Hydnaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-03-19
- IUCN Red List Category
- LC
- Assessors
- Noah Siegel (25 Prospect Hill Road, Royalston, MA 01368, US / Global Fungus Assessment)
- Reviewers
- Gregory Mueller (Chicago Botanic Garden / IUCN SSC Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball Specialist Group)
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/271145192/271145214
Justification
Craterellus ignicolor is a common species in eastern North American hardwood forests. The population is widespread, and no decline has been observed. Therefore it is listed as Least Concern (LC).Taxonomic notes
This species was first described as Cantharellus ignicolor from Tennessee, USA (Petersen 1975), later transferred into the genus Craterellus (Dahlman et al. 2000).Previous to 1975, it was referred to as Cantharellus lutescens and C. infundibuliformis var. luteolus (Kuo 2015).
Geographic range
This species is very widespread in eastern North America, from southern Canada, west to Minnesota, USA. south to Texas, east to northern Florida. There are also records from Mexico and Costa Rica, however, these collections should be critically examined before being included in this assessment.Population and Trends
Craterellus ignicolor is a widespread and common species. The population is stable, and no decline has been recorded.
Population Trend: Stable
