Chanterelle species

This species is known to occurs within Sabah, Malaysia, but is also maintained in Indonesia by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium. Further specimens originating from Sabah appear to be cultivated by the Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum and the University of Vienna, Institute for Botany Herbarium.

This species is thought to currently exist under preservation only, with no wild specimens under threat that are known. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that this species’ population is stable, however further research should be carried out to confirm this.

This species occurs throughout the tropical/subtropical rainforests of Sabah, Malaysia (Wilson et al 2012).

There appears to be no geographical information to suggest that this species exists in the wild, where it may be threatened by deforestation for palm oil harvesting in Sabah, Malaysia. All known information on this species’ current locality suggests that this species is preserved by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium, the Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, and the University of Vienna, Institute for Botany Herbarium. It is therefore reasonable to suggest that this species is not under threat, but further research is required to confirm this.

No conservation actions can be suggested at this time, as this species appears to be entirely preserved as Herbarium specimens, and does not currently appear to exist outside of this preservation.

Further research into this species is required in order to assess its existence outside of preservation and whether it is threatened, in order to better understand the current population trends of this species.