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Lycoperdon echinatum Schaeff.

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Scientific name
Lycoperdon echinatum
Author
Schaeff.
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Agaricaceae
Assessment status
Proposed
Proposed by
Mikael Jeppson
Comments etc.
Mikael Jeppson

Assessment Notes

Taxonomic notes

Lycoperdon echinatum is a Eurasian species (Demoulin 1972, Jeppson 2018). Numerous record of it from North America belong to a closely related, vicariant species, L. americanum. Yet another American species is often mistaken for L. echinatum: L. pulcherrimum.


Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?

Lycoperdon echinatum is a Eurasian species of nemoral or montane deciduous woodlands. Modern forestry is a potential threat but the population seems to be fairly stable. LC? NT?


Geographic range

Lycoperdon echinatum is a Eurasian species, widespread and fairly abundant in Central and western Europe. American records (GBIF, iNaturalist) refer to L. americanum or other species (L. pulcherrimum, L. marginatum and other species with spiny exoperidium) Records from Australia and Africa need to be verified.


Population and Trends

Lycoperdon echinatum seems to have a fairly stable population in Europe. It is widely distributed and common in suitable habitats throughout Europe and Asian part of Russia. Records from the Americas and Australia appear to belong to other species.

Population Trend: Stable


Habitat and Ecology

Lycoperdon echinatum is a thermophilous species of nemoral or montane woodlands (Carpinus, Quercus, Fagus, Corylus etc).


Threats

Modern forestry is a threat to this species, however population seems to be fairly stable.


Conservation Actions


Research needed

Research is need to clarify the morphological and molecular charactersitics of the American L. americanum versus those of L. echinatum of Eurasia.


Use and Trade

None


Bibliography


Country occurrence

Regional Population and Trends

Country Trend Redlisted