Ceriporia amazonica
Ceriporia amazonica. Photo: H.M.P Sotão.
Ceriporia amazonica is a saprotrophic fungi species that causes white rot in dead trunks and branches. The species has twelve records, all of them made in just two Ombriphilous Forest areas inside Eastern Brazilian Amazonia, which makes the species to be considered rare. C. amazonica and its habitat are threatened by mining, fire, deforestation, and urban development. Based in the threats to the species and its estimated population parameters, C. amazonica is considered Near Threatened based on the A3c IUCN criteria.
C. amazonica distribution map. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/211814789/211815672#taxonomy.
References
Soares, A., Costa-Rezende, D.H., Kossmann, T. & Drechsler-Santos, E.R. 2022. Ceriporia amazonica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T211814789A211815672. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T211814789A211815672.en. Accessed on 01 August 2022.
