The Global Fungal Red List Initiative is an international conservation initiative that supports the preparation of global extinction-risk assessments for fungi for publication in the IUCN Red List of
A fungal herbarium specimen originally collected in the 19th century, and now housed at the Luxembourg National Museum of Natural History, illustrates the type of specimen-based records used in fungal conservation assessment.
The "white ferula mushroom", species Pleurotus nebrodensis, was most recently assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2016 as Critically Endangered.
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Polypores, also called bracket or shelf fungi, are a morphological group of basidiomycete-like gilled mushrooms and hydnoid fungi that form large fruiting bodies called conks, which are typically wood
Global Fungal Red List Initiative
…chairs of five fungi-focused specialist groups within the SSC, working with the IUCN Red List Unit. The original taxon-based groups were the Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball Specialist Group, the Lichen Specialist Group, the Cup-Fungi, Truffles and Allies Specialist Group, the Chytrid, Zygomycete, Downy Mildew…
Polypores (Ganoderma sp.) growing on a tree in Borneo
Trametes versicolor, a colorful bracket fungus, commonly known as turkey tail
A bracket fungus (Pycnoporus sp.) with a tough, woody cap
The blushing bracket showing the red bruising, which is one identification characteristic