- Proposed
- Under Assessment
- Preliminary Assessed
- LCAssessed
- 5Published
Aureoboletus flaviporus (Earle) Klofac
- Scientific name
- Aureoboletus flaviporus
- Author
- (Earle) Klofac
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Boletaceae
- Assessment status
- Assessed
- Preliminary Category
- LC
- Proposed by
- Noah Siegel
- Assessors
- Noah Siegel
- Comments etc.
- James Westrip
Assessment Notes
Justification
Aureoboletus flaviporus is a common bolete, occurring in California, USA, with its preferred ectomycorrhizal partner, Coast Live Oak. Also occasionally with other oak species around the Central Valley in California, and north into Oregon.
Population is widespread, and no decline has been observed. We recommend it should be listed as Least Concern (LC).
Taxonomic notes
Described as Boletus flaviporus (Earle 1905), where it remained until it was transferred to the genus Aureoboletus (Klofac 2010).
Why suggested for a Global Red List Assessment?
Aureoboletus flaviporus is a common bolete, occurring in California, USA, with its preferred ectomycorrhizal partner, Coast Live Oak. Also occasionally with other oak species around the Central Valley in California, and north into Oregon.
Population is widespread, and no decline has been observed. We recommend it should be listed as Least Concern (LC).
Geographic range
Common from the San Francisco Bay Area in California, USA, south to Baja California, Mexico. Scattered populations do occur north into Oregon, USA. Mostly in coast and coast range forests, occasionally in the oak zone on the east side of the Central Valley of California.
Population and Trends
Population is widespread, and shows no sign of decline.
Population Trend: Stable
Habitat and Ecology
Ectomycorrhizal with oaks (Quercus spp.), especially Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia). Typically in stands of oak with thick duff, or duff buildup, without a grassy or weedy under story. Fruiting from fall into spring.
Threats
Loss of habitat due to urban sprawl, drought stress in southern California, and stand replacing fires. But probably not at a scale to affect the overall population.
Conservation Actions
No specific conservation actions is needed with regards to this species.
Research needed
No specific research is needed with regards to this species.
Use and Trade
This species is edible, and occasionally collected for food.
Bibliography
Earle, F.S. (1905). Mycological Studies II. Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 3(5): 289-463.
iNaturalist. 2020. http://www.inaturalist.org
Klofac W. (2010). Die Gattung Aureoboletus, ein weltweiter Überblick. Ein Beitrag zu einer monographischen Bearbeitung. Osterreichische Zeitschrift fur Pilzkunde 19: 133–174.
Siegel, N. and Schwarz, C. 2016. Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
Wood, M.G. and Stevens, F.A. 2020. MykoWeb; California Fungi. https://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Aureoboletus_flaviporus.html
