Trichaptum fissile
Trichaptum fissile. Photo: Thiago Kossmann.
Trichaptum fissile is a saprobic lignicolous fungus that is found growing on Avicennia schaueriana, Laguncularia racemosa, and Schinus terebinthifolius. There are 45 occurrences of the species, all located in southern Brazil mangroves. It is estimated that T. fissile occurs throughout small fragments of mangroves in the southern and northern Brazilian Atlantic Coast. Despite the efforts to conserve the mangroves, this biome has lost and keeps losing a considerable coverage area. The mangroves are threatened by city expansion, pollution, and especially, shrimp farms. Furthermore, this biome is sensible to the impacts of climate change, such as the rise of the sea level. Taking into account the species distribution and the threats that its population suffers, T. fissile is considered Vulnerable, based on the IUCN criteria.
References
- Drechsler-Santos, E.R., Kossmann, T., Bittencourt, F. & da Cunha, K.M. 2020. Trichaptum sp. nov. ‘fissile’. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T187106755A187107803. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T187106755A187107803.en. Downloaded on 25 February 2021.
