Hydnotrya tulasnei
Hydnotrya tulasnei Berk. & Broome
Discinaceae
Conservation status. Critically Endangered [CR B2ab(i,iii,iv)c(i,iv)].
Morphology and biology. Fruit-bodies (apothecia) hypogaeous, irregularly globose, up to 5–7 cm in diameter, with wrinkled and pitted surface, outside reddish brown; gleba white or yellow-gray with paler twisted labyrinths; hymenium orange brown. Spores globose, 33–38 µm in diameter with thick, coarse warty red-brown coat. VIII–X.
Habitats and populations. In the surface strata of woodland soils mainly under deciduous trees, rare under conifers.
Distribution in Bulgaria. Rhodopi Mts (Western – Beglika Strict Nature Reserve).
General distribution. Europe.
Threats. Habitat changes as result of agricultural activities (crops), livestock breeding, active tourism, limited distribution and low densities of the species population.
Conservation measures taken. Included in the Red List of Fungi in Bulgaria. The locality is situated on the territory of Beglika Strict Nature Reserve and in a site of the European ecological network Natura 2000 in Bulgaria.
Conservation measures needed. Research into the species biology and ecology; inclusion in the National biodiversity monitoring system; preservation of the locality of the species.
References. Stoichev 1981; Gyosheva et al. 2006.
Author: Evtimiya Dimitrova
