- Proposed
- 2Under Assessment
- 3Preliminary Assessed
- 4Assessed
- 5Published
Antrodiella versicutis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Gilb. & Ryvarden
- Scientific name
- Antrodiella versicutis
- Author
- (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Gilb. & Ryvarden
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Polyporales
- Family
- Phanerochaetaceae
- Assessment status
- Proposed
- Proposed by
- Danilo Chagas
- Comments etc.
- Tatiana Gibertoni, Virton Rodrigo Targino de Oliveira, Danilo Chagas
Assessment Notes
Taxonomic notes
Antrodiella versicutis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Gilb. & Ryvarden is characterized by basidiomata with small pores, globose to cylindrical, thin-walled, hyaline basidiospores, absence of cystidia. The species in the genus are very similar to each other and can be distinguished only by small variations in spore size and shape, basidioma coloration, and the number of pores (Westephalen et al. 2019).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Geographic range
The species is known in 10 countries, and most records are in Brazil.
Population and Trends
There are about 125 records of this species in GBIF, most of them in Brazil.
Population Trend: Uncertain
Habitat and Ecology
Moslty distributed in neotropical regions. In Brazil, it is reported in the Atlantic Forest and Amazonia.
Threats
The species is well distributed in Brazil, present in pluvial forest domain. However, the Amazon has currently the highest rates of deforestation in the last decades and the Atlantic Forest is already a hotspot.
Conservation Actions
Most records in Brazil are in unprotected areas. All records in Brazil are in protected areas.
Research needed
Studies on the distribution of the species are desirable. Also, molecular studies are needed.
Use and Trade
None.
