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Panaeolus desertorum (Velen. & Dvořák) E.F. Malysheva, G. Moreno, Svetash. & M. Villarreal

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Scientific name
Panaeolus desertorum
Author
(Velen. & Dvořák) E.F. Malysheva, G. Moreno, Svetash. & M. Villarreal
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Galeropsidaceae
Assessment status
Proposed
Proposed by
Mikael Jeppson
Comments etc.
Mikael Jeppson

Assessment Notes

Taxonomic notes

Syn.: Galeropsis desertorum Velen. & Dvořák, Mykologia (Prague) 7(2): 105 (1930), Gastrocybe iberica G. Moreno, Illana & Heykoop,
Cryptogamie Mycologie 8(4): 323 (1987).


Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?

A thermophilous species of steppe grassland localities (declining) but also with occurrences under anthropogenic influence (stable?, garden, lawns, road verges etc
Population fragmented. Eurasian distribution.
Estimated number of mature individuals: 6000

Suggested assessment: EN-VU (B2)? or NT(B2)?


Geographic range

A fragmented Eurasian distribution:
Europe: western: Spain; eastern: Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Repblic, Greece, Ukraina). 
Southwestern Asia: steppe- and semi-desert-zone.

Supposedly under-recorded througout its area due to its being rather inconspicuous.


Population and Trends

Fragmented population (three main areas).
Small population according to few records on GBIF but supposedly considerably larger, weighing in its inconspicuous appearance and wide ecologila amplitude.
Known localities < 100
Estimated number of localities: 300
Estimated number of mature individuals: 6000
EOO: 6 000 000 km2
AOO: 100 km2

Population trend somewhat unclear; steppic habitats are declining, however it also seems to have important occurrences in anthropogenous habitats where it may not be declining.

Population Trend: Uncertain


Habitat and Ecology

Saprothrophic with a wide ecology: dry steppe habitats, semi-deserts, Mediterranean grassland, including anthropogenous habitats (lawns, gardens) also more humid in character. It occurs in open to semi-shaded situations among low grasses and herbs at forest edges, road verges, on lawns and in gardens, on sand steppe with low grasses ( eg.Festuca vaginata) on various soil types. The holotype was collected in a serpentine steppe habitat near Brno in the Czech Republic.

 


Threats

Habitat destruction or quality decline due to abandoned grazing in steppe habitats, exploitation (road constructions, buildings).


Conservation Actions


Research needed


Use and Trade


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Country occurrence

Regional Population and Trends

Country Trend Redlisted