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- 2Under Assessment
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- 4Assessed
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Termitomyces titanicus Pegler & Piearce
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- Scientific name
- Termitomyces titanicus
- Author
- Pegler & Piearce
- Common names
Kuwat- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Lyophyllaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Angeles De Leon
- Comments etc.
- Angeles De Leon, Olivier Raspé
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
This species was declared by the Aeta communities that were collected years back but no longer collected nowadays De Leon et al. (2012).
Geographic range
Found in the Dipterocarp forest in the central Luzon island of the Philippines.
Population and Trends
This mushroom was being collected in the mountains of central luzon island in the Philippines. However due to climate change and deforestration, this mushroom is no longer collected by the indigenous communities in the area.
Population Trend: Decreasing
Habitat and Ecology
Dipterocarp forest
Threats
Decrease in species occurrence due to climate change and deforestration
Conservation Actions
Research needed
Use and Trade
Bibliography
De Leon AM, Reyes RG and dela Cruz TEE. 2012. An Ethnomycological Survey of Macrofungi Utilized by Aeta Communities in Central Luzon, Philippines. Mycosphere, 3(2), 251-259.
Known distribution - countries
Regional Population and Trends
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