SPECIES FACT SHEET
Scientific Name: Chamonixia caespitosa Rolland
Division: Eumycota
Subdivision: Basidiomycotina
Class: Agraicomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Conservation Rankings and Status:
Global: G5
National: NU
State: OR S1, WA Not ranked
Oregon Biodiversity Infromation Center (ORBIC) List 2
(Ranks from ORBIC, http://orbic.pdx.edu accessed January 24, 2014)
Type Locality: Chamonix, France
Technical Description: Morphological habit Sequestrate Fruiting
body 20-30 x 13-20 mm, subglobose to flattened, whitish, silky to finely
hairy, bruising blue. The base is indented around the stipe. Peridum
seperates, silky fibrillose, 0.4 mm thick. White to buff turing blue when
bruised or cut. No peridium is present around the stipe. Gleba oblong
chambers that change form white to dark brown with maturity and
stains blue when the gleba is white at youth. Odor pleasant. Colulmella
bruises blue and extends across the fruiting body to the pseudo stem
(stipe). 0.5 mm. Stipe 4x3mm, narrows towards the base with white
rhizomorphs. Basidiospores 18-20.5 x 13-15µm, elliptical with a short
appendage. Longitudinally ribbed, brown in KOH and brown when
mature. Basidia 4 spored.
Life History: Mycorrhizal Fruits June-November.
Range, Distribution and Abundance: Species is known from Europe,
Asia, and North America. Growing in a clumpy distribution. In the
Pacific Northwest, known from: WA Olympic Peninsula, Western
Cascades North, Eastern Cascades; OR Coast Range; CA Coast Range.
Detections in CA on Praire Creek Redwoods SP. In Oregon and
Washington, known from approximately 13 sites.
FS/BLM lands in Oregon and Washington: Detections in WA on National
Forest Lands: Olympic NF, Okanogan-Wenatchee NF and Mt BakerSnoqualmie NF. Detection in OR on Siuslaw NF, Rouge River-Siskiyou
NF and Salem BLM District.
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Habitat Associations: It has been found in association with the roots of
hemlock species and Pacific silver fir in high elevation forests and
western hemlock, Douglas fir and, Sitka spruce in coastal forests.
Threats: Since this species is mycorrhizal, actions that disturb soil or
stand conditions and remove overstory hosts trees could eliminate
populations. These include logging that removes its presumed
mycorrhizal host and other actions that cause disturbance to the soil,
particularly road, trail, and campground construction.
Conservation Considerations:
Maintain habitat at known Federal sites by retaining forest structure and
soil conditions. The predomination of extant populations in high
recreational use areas exposes them to adverse impact due to
management or recreational activities, particularly damage to host trees
and disturbance of soil occupied by host tree roots. As a mycorrhizal
species, Chamonixia caespitosa forms symbiotic associations with the
fine root systems of plants, growing out into the soil matrix. Consider
incorporation of patch retention areas (as described in Standards and
Guidelines 1994, C-41) with occupied sites wherever possible.
Other pertinent information (includes references to Survey
Protocols, etc): The survey protocol for sensitive fungi is located on the
ISSSSP website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfpnw/issssp/documents/inventories/inv-spfu-ver1-2008-12.pdf.
The survey protocol for Survey and Manage fungi is located on the
Survey and Manage website:
http://www.blm.gov/or/plans/surveyandmanage/protocols/
Prepared by: Helen Lau, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Date: April 2013
Edited by: Rob Huff, BLM/FS Portland, Oregon
Date: January 2014
ATTACHMENTS:
(1)
References
(2)
Map of Species Distribution
(3)
Photographs of Species
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ATTACHMENT 1:
References
Ammirati, J. 1994. Endangered, threatened and sensitive macrofungi of
Washington State. Official Letter to C. Turley, Science team leader,
Washington State Dept. of Natural resources. Dated March 26, 1994.
Arora, David. 1979. Mushrooms Demystified - A Comprehensive Guide
to the Fleshy Fungi. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California. 959 pp.
Castellano, M.A. & T. O’Dell. 1997. Management Recommendations for
Survey and Manage Fungi. Version 2.0.
Castellano, M.A., J.E. Smith, T. O’Dell, E. Cazares, and S. Nugent. 1999.
Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the Northwest Forest Plan.
PNW-GTR-476.
Cushman, Kathleen and Rob Huff. 2007. Conservation Assessment for
Fungi Included in Forest Service Regions 5 and 6 Sensitive and BLM
California, Oregon and Washington Special Status Species Programs. R6
USFS and OR/WA BLM Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species
Program (ISSSSP).
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfpnw/issssp/planning-tools/
Ferriel, Jenifer and Katie Grenier. 2008. Annotated Bibliography of
Information Potentially Pertaining to Management of Rare Fungi on the
Special Status Species List for California, Oregon and Washington. R6
USFS and OR/WA BLM Interagency Special Status/Sensitive Species
Program (ISSSSP).
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfpnw/issssp/planning-tools/
GeoBOB query (BLM Oregon/Washington database; also contains FS
Region 6 fungi information), Febuary 2012.
Kropp, B. R and Trappe, J.M. 1982. Ectomycorrhizal Fungi of Tsuga
heterophylla. Mycologia 74(3):479-488.
Lawrynovicz, M. 2001. Threats to hypogeous fungi. In Fungal
conservation: Issues and Soulutions. Ed. Moore, D., Nauta. M.M.,
Rotheroe, M. and Evans, S.E. Cambridge University press, Cambridge
UK. p. 95-104
Oregon Biodiversity Information Center. 2013. Survey and Manage
Assessments: Rank Assessments. Oregon Natural Heritage Information
Center, Oregon State University. Portland. http://orbic.pdx.edu/raremanage.html
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Rolland, L. 1899. Excursion a Chamonix - ete et automne 1898. Bull.
Soc. Mycol. France 15:73-78
Smith, A.H. and Singer, R. 1959. Studies on Secotiaceous fungi- IV
Gastroboletus, Truncocolumella and Chamonixia. Brittonia 11(4): 205223.
Trappe, M., Evans, F. and J Trappe. 2007. Field Guide to North
American Truffles: Hunting, Identifying and Enjoying the World’s Most
Prized Fungi. Ten Speed Press, Berkley, CA.
Trudell, Steve and Ammirati, Joe. 2009. Mushrooms of the Pacific
Northwest. Timber Press, Portland, OR. p.255.
USFS Forest Service. 2012. Natural Resource Information System (NRIS).
http://fsweb.nris.fs.fed.us/
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ATTACHMENT 2:
Map of Species Distribution in OR/WA
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ATTACHMENT 3:
Photographs of Species
Photos by Scott Loring, used by permission
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