200 Fungal Species Published on The IUCN Red List – Including 125+ From Europe
The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM is the world’s most comprehensive information Fungi on the IUCN Red List: source on the conservation status of the species that • raise awareness of the importance of fungi inhabit our planet. • increase the amount of money for fungal conservation • enable conservation action projects to begin • add fungal protection to policies
Fungal conservation became global in 2019. Due to the contributions of many mycologists from throughout the 2 0 u er o glo all Red-Listed ungi world, the number of fungi in the global IUCN Red List 1 0 greatly increased. 100
The largest number of species are from Europe thanks 200 to the hard work of members of the ECCF. 0 ear
While much progress has been made, the conservation 200 2010 201 2020 202
Antrodiella citrinella status of many more species needs to be assessed. Photo: Irmgard Greilhuber Despite their diversity and importance, fungi are among the least represented groups in the global Participation by many is needed for the success to IUCN Red List and until very recently missing. continue. Hygrocybe splendidissima Clavaria zollingeri Photo: John Bjarne Photo: Michael Krikorev
Hapalopilus croceus Cortinarius vitellinus Photo: Michael Krikorev Photo: Irmgard Greilhuber
In Europe 125+
Globally 200+
Red-Listed fungi not present in Europe Red-Listed fungi in Europe
Agaricus pattersoniae VU, Aleurodiscus bernicchiae VU, Amanita morrisii Amylocystis lapponica LC, Armillaria ectypa NT, Arrhenia discorosea VU, VU, Amanita ristichii VU, Amanita sp. nov. ’zayantensis’ DD, Amanita westii Baeospora myriadophylla VU, Boletopsis grisea NT, Bondarcevomyces NT, Anthracoidea andina VU, Anthracoidea ortegae VU, Ascoclavulina sakaii taxi VU, Buchwaldoboletus lignicola VU, Catathelasma imperiale NT, NT, Biscogniauxia bartholomaei DD, Boletinellus merulioides VU, Boletopsis Clavaria zollingeri VU, Cortinarius atrovirens NT, Cortinarius citrino- nothofagi EN, Boletus aurantiosplendens NT, Boletus peckii DD, Boletus olivaceus VU, Cortinarius cupreorufus NT, Cortinarius dalecarlicus subalpinus LC, Bridgeoporus nobilissimus CR, Buglossoporus magnus VU, VU, Cortinarius eucaeruleus NT, Cortinarius haasii VU, Cortinarius Callistosporium vinosobrunneum VU, Claustula fischeri EN, Cortinarius ionochlorus NT, Cortinarius meinhardii NT, Cortinarius murellensis pavelekii EN, Destuntzia rubra CR, Echinodontium ballouii EN, Echinodontium VU, Cortinarius odoratus VU, Cortinarius osloensis EN, Cortinarius japonicum EN, Entoloma eugenei EN, Fevansia aurantiaca EN, Galeropsis pinophilus NT, Cortinarius prasinocyaneus EN, Cortinarius splendificus VU, polytrichoides VU, Gastrolactarius camphoratus EN, Gyroporus punctatus VU, Cortinarius suaveolens NT, Cuphophyllus canescens VU, Cuphophyllus Humidicutis peleae VU, Humidicutis poilena VU, Hydnellum cyanopodium LC, lepidopus VU, Echinodontium ryvardenii EN, Entoloma bloxamii VU, Hygrocybe flavifolia EN, Hygrocybe noelokelani EN, Lactarius cordovaensis Entoloma excentricum NT, Entoloma griseocyaneum VU, Entoloma DD, Lactarius haugiae VU, Lactarius novae-zelandiae EN, Lactarius rubidus porphyrophaeum VU, Flaviporus citrinellus EN, Gastrosporium simplex LC, Lepiota luteophylla CR, Lepiota rhodophylla CR, Lepiota scaberula NT, Geoglossum difforme NT, Gliophorus europerplexus VU, Gliophorus VU, Lepiota viridigleba DD, Leptonia carnea VU, Leucoagaricus dyscritus reginae VU, Gloioxanthomyces vitellinus EN, Gyromitra korshinskii NT, NT, Leucoagaricus hesperius VU, Limacella solidipes DD, Phaeocollybia Hapalopilus croceus VU, Haploporus odorus NT, Hydnellum compactum oregonensis EN, Pouzarella alissae VU, Ramaria purpurissima VU, Ramaria November 2019: VU, Hydnellum gracilipes VU, Hydnellum mirabile VU, Hygrocybe verlotensis EN, Rhizopogon alexsmithii EN, Suillus lakei LC citrinovirens VU, Hygrocybe ingrata VU, Hygrocybe splendidissima VU, Hygrocybe swanetica VU, Hygrophorus calophyllus EN, Lenzitopsis oxycedri VU, Microglossum atropurpureum VU, Paraxerula caussei +100 fungi will be included in the VU, Phylloporus pelletieri LC, Picipes rhizophilus VU, Pluteus fenzlii VU, Porpolomopsis calyptriformis VU, Pseudoplectania melaena NT, Pseudotricholoma metapodium EN, Ramaria rufescens NT, Rhodotus palmatus NT, Rubinoboletus rubinus VU, Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus NT, IUCN Red List (+50 from Europe) Sarcodon joeides VU, Sarcodon leucopus NT, Sarcosoma globosum NT, Squamanita pearsonii LC, Squamanita schreieri EN, Stereopsis vitellina VU, Trichoglossum walteri VU, Tricholoma acerbum VU, Tricholoma apium VU, Tricholoma borgsjoense VU
Species in bold are confined to Europe
Fungal Red-List assessors: Anders Dahlberg, Andreas Gminder, Andrew Ngadin, Anna Kiyashko, Annabelle Langlois, Armin Mešic, Beatrice Senn-Irlet, Björn Nordén, Brenda Callan, Christian Schwarz, Claudia Perini, Cvetomir Denchev, Dario Gisotti, David Lewis, Eef Arnolds, Ellen Larsson, Else Vellinga, Eugene Popov, Gareth Griffith, Gregory Mueller, Giuliana Furci, Ibai Olariaga Ibarguren, Irmgard Krisai-Greilhuber, Italian Botanical Society Mycology Working Group coordinated by Anna Maria Persiani, Ivona Kautmanova, Izabela Kalucka, Jean Berube, Jerry Cooper, Joaquin Cifuentes, Johan Nitare, John Bjarne Jordal, Mario Rajchenberg, Martyn Ainsworth, Michael Castellano, Michael Krikorev, Mikael Jeppson, Mitko Karadelev, Noah Siegel, Olga Morozova, Patrick Leonard, Peter Buchanan, Reda Iršenaite, Ricardo Garcia-Sandoval, Roberto Garibay Orijel, Susana C. Gonçalves, Tatyana Svetasheva, Tea von Bonsdorff, Teodor Denchev,Thomas Læssøe, Todd Osmundson, Tom May, Tommy Knutsson,Tor Erik Brandrud, Tsutomu Hattori, Vera Hayova, Vladimír Kunca, Wim A. Ozinga, Zdenko Tkalcec and many more have contributed. .
IUCN Mushroom, IUCN Global Species Funding acknowledged from European Council for the Bracket and Puffball Programme Red List Conservation of Fungi Specialist Group Unit