THE NATIONAL RED LIST OF NORTH MACEDONIA

Neolentinus cyathiformis

Neolentinus cyathiformis

Macedonian

Купеста жилавка

Albanian

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Taxonomy
Assessment info
Population
Habitat and Ecology
Threats
Use and Trade
Conservation Actions
Bibliography

Taxonomy

Scientific name

Neolentinus cyathiformis

Authority

(Schaeff.) Della Magg. &Trassin.

Synonyms

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Assessment info

IUCN Red List Category and Criteria

Vulnerable D1

Date assessed

November 2020

Assessors

Karadelev, M.

Reviewers

Kost, G.

Contributors

Rusevska, K.

Tofilovska, S.

Facilitators

Miskovic, M.

Justification

Neolentinus cyathiformis is a rare species, known from three sites, in all cases found on aspen (Populus tremula). All localities are in riparian forest belts along the rivers Treska, Vardar and Bregalnica, and they are outside protected areas. The species is under severe anthropogenic pressure, primarily due to area urbanisation or logging for creating farming plots of land. Fires during summer season pose another serious threat. The total number of recorded individuals is approximately 50. Nonetheless, poplar communities are widely distributed in the country; thus, the expected number of specimens would be around 500. The species is red-listed in several European countries, such as Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Slovakia, Switzerland and Poland.

Population

Current population trend

Decreasing

Description

Although widespread in Europe, this species is certainly rare. It occurs individually or with a few fruitbodies on all known sites, and the number of known fruitbodies is very small, amounting to approximately 50 specimens. However, it ought to be taken into account that riverine poplar forests аre extensively spread in the lowland regions of the country, which is the reason why the predicted number of specimens would be at least ten times the current figure.

Habitat and Ecology

System

1 Forest
1.4 Forest – Temperate

Habitat and Ecology

In nature, this fungus colonises dead wood of deciduous trees, where it produces brown rot. It has most commonly been collected on dead trunks of Populus and Salix, but also on Betula pendula, Tilia, Fagus, Alnus, Malus, and Fraxinus (Stefaniak & Bujakiewicz 2010). It has also been recorded on standing living (dying) trees, which is the reason why it is regarded as a probable parasite by some authors. Literature also provides data on other substrates of this species. Some authors have stated that it has also been observed on wood of conifers; other authors maintain that N.cyathiformis is strictly limited to wood of deciduous trees. This species is considered thermophilous often occurring on sun-exposed logs and trunks. It is also characteristic of lowland. It appears that its synecological optimum is best realised in alluvial habitats with loose tree stands of Populus alba, which often provides better light conditions. This species has also been sighted in parks and man-made microhabitats.

In N. Macedonia, the species has been spotted on old trunks of European aspen (Populus tremula). All data originate from riverine forests of willows and poplars, where the species occurs as a saprobe on fallen or dry standing trunks of aspen, causing brown rot of the wood. Riverine forests of willows and poplars develop in the plains along the larger rivers and streams. All data are derived from altitudes between 100 and 300 m. 

Use and trade

Use and trade

There is no confirmed use and trade of this species in N. Macedonia.

Threats

Threats

The impact is manifested by host habitat degradation and/or fragmentation in view of the fact that the species is commonly associated with a single host. Immediate impact upon the species has not been ascertained. All localities are outside protected areas; therefore, the species is under heavy anthropogenic impact, mostly due to area urbanisation or logging for creating farming plots. The threat manifests differently and it depends on the community site but fires during summer season could pose another severe threat.

Conservation actions

Conservation actions

Protection of old host trees is the key conservation action for species protection; study of the population number and range; interpretation of species status by means of reinforced understanding of the species biology and ecology; habitat conservation; study of the trends via monitoring.

Bibliography

Bibliography

Della Maggiora, M. 2014. Nomenclatural novelties. Index Fungorum 171: 1.

Hibbett, D.S., M. Binder, J.F. Bischoff, M. Blackwell, P.F. Cannon, O.E. Eriksson, S. Huhndorf. 2007. A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi. Mycological Research 111(5): 509–547.

Holec, J. and Beran, M. (eds). 2006. Red list of fungi (macromycetes) of the Czech Republic. Příroda, pp. 1-282. Praha.

Karadelev M. and Rusevska K. 2013. Contribution to the Macedonian Red List of Fungi. Proceedings of the 4th Congress of Ecologists of Macedonia with International Participation. Ohrid, 12-15 October 2012.

Karadelev, M., Rusevska, K., Kost, G. and Mitic-Kopanja, M. L. 2018. Checklist of Macrofungal Species From the Phylum Basidiomycota of the Republic of Macedonia. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium 21(1): 23-112.

Lechner B. E. & Wright J. E. 2002. First record of Neolentinus schaefferi in the Americas. Mycotaxon 82: 281–287.

Pilát A. 1946. Monographie des especes européennes du genere Lentinus Fr. . In: C. Kavina & A. Pilát (ed.), Atlas des champignons de l’Europe, pp. 3–41. Imprimerie Josef Šefl , Beroun.

Redhead, S.A. & J.H. Ginns. 1985. A reappraisal of agaric genera associated with brown rots of wood. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan 26(3): 349–382.

Senn-Irlet B., Bieri G. & Egli S. 2007. Rote Liste der gefährdeten Grosspilze der Schweiz. mwlet-Vollzug No 0718. , Hrgs. Bundesamtfür Umwelt Bern und WSL Birmensdorf.

Stefaniak M. & Bujakiewicz A. 2010. Ecology and Distribution of Neolentinus schaefferi (Polyporaceae) in Poland. Polish Botanical Journal 55(2): 473–482.

Tkalčec Z., Mešić A., Matočec N. & Kušan I. 2008. Crvena knijga gljiva Hrvatske. Ministarstvo kulture, Državni zavod za zaštitu prirode, Republika Hrvatska, Zagreb.

Vyacheslav A. Vlasenko, Ivan V. Zmitrovich & Anastasia V. Vlasenko. 2019. Unusual monstrose form of Neolentinus cyathiformis (Gloeophyllaceae) from the Novosibirsk Region (Russia). . Botanica Pacifica. A journal of plant science and conservation.

Wojewoda W. & Ławrynowicz M. 2006. Red list of macrofungi in Poland. In: In. Z. MIREK, K. ZARZYCKI, W. WOJEWODA & Z. SZELĄG (eds), (ed.), Red list of plants and fungi in Poland, pp. 55–70. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków.