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This book considers the issues involved in fungal conservation and provides practical guidance for management of nature in ways beneficial to fungi.
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Mushrooms play a fundamental ecological role, but are often ignored in biodiversity conservation projects. This report summarises threats to European mushrooms on the continent, and gives a list of endangered species and proposals concerning their conservation.
Although Europe has a high diversity of fungi and many species are threatened, no fungal species are yet included in the appendices of the Bern Convention or the EU Habitats Directive. Conservation action has often neglected fungi due in part to past insufficient knowledge of their ecology, distribution and status. This report, which contains very detailed information on 33 species threatened in Europe, was originally prepared as a list of candidate species for protection at the European level. They certainly deserve the attention of conservation agencies
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