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Schenella simplex T. Macbr.
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- Scientific name
- Schenella simplex
- Author
- T. Macbr.
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Geastrales
- Family
- Geastraceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-03-17
- IUCN Red List Category
- LC
- Assessors
- Siegel, N.
- 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/198485681/198488122
Justification
Schenella simplex is a hypogeous fungus with a firm, rounded fruitbody with a felty exterior, a thick, tough inner wall and a gleba composed of very narrow, elongate peridioles radiating from a central rounded columella. This species is widespread in western North America, with no recorded decline, and so this species is listed as Least Concern (LC).Taxonomic notes
It was originally described from Yosemite National Park in California, USA, as Schenella simplex in 1902 (the type specimen was missing the peridium; likely eaten by a rodent, and was classified as a slime mold). Zeller (1944) described Radiigera atrogleba from Idaho, which was later placed into the genus Pyrenogaster (Domínguez de Toledo and Castellano 1996). Genetic and morphological studies (Estrada-Torres et al. 2005), showed that Pyrenogaster/Radiigera atrogleba was conspecific with Schenella simplex.Geographic range
It is widespread in western North America, from the Californian, USA, mountains into British Columbia, Canada, and in the northern Rocky Mountains, with scattered reports south into New Mexico.Population and Trends
Currently it is known from over 100 collections, from a widespread distribution in western North America, with no evidence of decline.
Population Trend: stable
