Madre Monte Natural Conservation Area in the Colombian Andes as Model for Preservation of Fungi in Quercus humboldtii Forests

Abstract

Few conservation studies have been done with Agaricales fungi (mushrooms) of the Andes and conservation areas created in many countries have no priorities in protecting fungi. Small areas can be also very important to preserve rare and unknown fungi species, but evaluations are still needed. Applying the technique of the transects in the natural reserve of Madre Monte in Arcabuco, Boyacá Province, in the Colombian Andes (a characteristic oak forest -Quercus humboldtii -Fagaceae), the diversity and ecological data were collected and compared to the fungi already known in the country and their conservation status, to understand how fungi are protected indirectly with the creation of preservation areas. The samples were

Small reserves as hotspots for Fungi preservation in Brazil

“…The lack of knowledge is one of the major problems relating to fungi preservation, especially in South America, where countries with high biodiversity numbers like Brazil and Colombia, which have incomplete fungal species lists, are still beginning to study the complex ecological role of this group (Putzke & Putzke 2017;Putzke et al 2020Putzke et al , 2021. But it is also a problem to all the world since only 56 species of fungi have their status evaluated globally by the UCN red list (Hawksworth et al 2017).…”