Atroporus diabolicus
Atroporus diabolicus. Photo: Melissa Palacio.
Atroporus diabolicus is a generalistic wood-inhabiting fungus species. So far, there are just five records of the species, distributed in Northern, Northeastern, and South Brazil, inside Amazonian and Atlantic Forest areas. Despite being considered a generalist, the species is rare, as surveys focused on Polyporus sensu lato carried in Amazônia and Atlantic Forest areas since 2008 resulted in just these five occurrences. A. diabolicus is threatened mainly by deforestation and the effects of climate change, which leads to fragmentation and degradation of its habitat. The species occurrence area has a history of predatory exploration, that involves logging, cattle grazing, crop plantations, and urbanization. Based on these threats and population decline estimates, A. diabolicus is considered Near Threatened under criterium C1 of the IUCN.
A. diabolicus distribution map. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/209595320/209596975.
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Palacio, M., Alves-Silva, G., Martins da Cunha, K., Kossmann, T., Costa-Rezende, D.H., Trierveiler-Pereira, L. & Drechsler-Santos, E.R. 2021. Atroporus diabolicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T209595320A209596975. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T209595320A209596975.en. Accessed on 02 February 2022.
