- Scientific name
- Artomyces adrienneae
- Author
- Lickey
- Common names
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- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Russulales
- Family
- Auriscalpiaceae
- Assessment status
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Published
- Assessment date
- 2020-04-03
- IUCN Red List Category
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LC
- Assessors
- Donald Pfister; Giuliana Furci (Fundación Fungi, Chile); Camille Truong; Pablo Sandoval-Leiva; Francisco Kuhar; Matthew Smith
- Reviewers
- Gregory Mueller (Chicago Botanic Garden / IUCN SSC Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball Specialist Group)
Assessment Notes
Justification
This species is found over a very broad area in
Nothofagus forests of Patagonia. It is assessed as Least Concern.
Taxonomic notes
This species was described by Lickey
et al. in 2003.
Geographic range
This species is found over a very broad area in Nothofagaceae forests of southern Chile and Argentina.
Population and Trends
This widespread species is common throughout Nothofagaceae forests in the northern parts of Patagonia. The occurrence of this species in many different forests across a wide area suggests that its status is stable.
Population Trend: Stable
Habitat and Ecology
This species is found over a very broad area in Nothofagaceae forests and mixed forests in northern Patagonia. This species is found on wood and is presumed to be a saprotroph.
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., Kuhar, F., Pfister, D., Sandoval-Leiva, P., Smith, M. & Truong, C. 2020. Artomyces adrienneae. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T172831206A172861352. Accessed on 26 November 2025.