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Cantharellus gracilis Buyck & V. Hofst.

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Scientific name
Cantharellus gracilis
Author
Buyck & V. Hofst.
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Cantharellales
Family
Hydnaceae
Assessment status
Published
Assessment date
2021-02-24
IUCN Red List Category
DD
Assessors
Westrip, J.R.S.
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/189958719/217822131

Justification

Cantharellus gracilis is currently only known from the type specimen collected in a patch of secondary woodland near to the university campus in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania. There is potentially some confusion with C. microcibarius, and the full range of the species is uncertain. As it has been found in secondary woodland, it could theoretically have a very wide distribution. Further research is required on this species' ecology and distribution, and given the high levels of uncertainty C. gracilis is assessed as Data Deficient.

Taxonomic notes

There is some confusion between this species and Cantharellus microcibarius (see Buyck et al. 2013).

Geographic range

There has been only one collection of this species so far, in a patch of secondary woodland near to the university campus in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania (Buyck et al. 2013). As it has been found in secondary woodland, it is plausible that the species could be very widespread.

Population and Trends

Population size and trend are essentially unknown.

Population Trend: unknown

Habitat and Ecology

The genus Cantharellus consists of species that form ectomycorrhizal associations with trees. The only specimen for this species was collected from secondary woodland dominated by Brachystegia spp. and Combretum molle (Buyck et al. 2013). It was collected on a sandy substrate near to a termite mound (Buyck et al. 2013).

Threats

Without further information regarding the full distribution of the species it is not possible to get a clear idea of the key threats to the species. Urbanization could impact the species' type locality, as it is found at Dar-es-salaam.

Conservation Actions

If the species is restricted to the type locality, then ensuring protection of this site would be important for the persistence of the species. Further research is needed to identify the full distribution of the species, as well as identifying its habitat requirements.

Source and Citation

Westrip, J.R.S. 2022. Cantharellus gracilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T189958719A217822131. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T189958719A217822131.en .Accessed on 21 December 2023

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