Conservation status of the known Agaricales, Boletales, Cantharellales, Lycoperdales, Phallales and Russulales of South Australia

The conservation status of 443 species of macrofungi known from South Austr alia has been evaluated using a modified ROTAP system. Species known only f rom the holotype, lectotype or neotype collection constitute 22% of the tax a studied. Only 34% of taxa are known from conservation reserves in South A ustralia. No species is listed as extinct even though not recollected for m ore than 50 years because there has been no searching for or monitoring of the macro-mycoflora.