Tea-tree Fingers (Hypocreopsis amplectens) Case Study
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Continent: Oceania
Country: New Zealand
Grant Amount: $15,500
Awarded Date: November 01, 2019
Peter Buchanan
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
231 Morrin Rd, St Johns
Auckland
Auckland
1072
New Zealand
Tel: +64 9 574 4166
Mob: +64 274 341 832
Assessing the conservation status of the most threatened fungi in New Zealand and Australia
Assessing the conservation status of the most threatened fungi in New Zealand and Australia. An Australasian Fungal Red Listing Workshop will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on 22-26 July 2019. Invitations have been extended to international and Australasian experts, linking to the Global Red List Initiative led by Dahlberg, Krikorev,and Mueller.
An Australasian Fungal Red Listing Workshop will be held at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Australia, on 22-26 July 2019. Invitations have been extended to international and Australasian experts and also to government agencies. A website has been developed linked to the Global Fungal Red List Initiative (GFRLI; http://iucn.ekoo.se/en/iucn/) led by Dahlberg, Krikorev,and Mueller - and will be the repository for requested information on designated fungal species ahead of the workshop. Based on this information, we aim to finalise the assessments of 75 species of fungi from Australia and New Zealand, and prepare any necessary additional detail ahead of submission to IUCN for formal Red List evaluation. The decision to hold the workshop in Australia rather than New Zealand relates to ease of access for Australasian participants.
Peter Buchanan (Auckland, New Zealand) and Tom May (Melbourne, Australia) 26 April 2019.
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