Armillaria ectypa, a vulnerable indicator of mires

Abstract

A boreal-montane basidiomycete, Armillaria ectypa, occurs as occasional in northern Finland, mainly in the aapa mire area. According to the IUCN criteria it has been classified as a vulnerable fungus in Finland. Its ecology is in some way connected e.g. to the carices of wet mesotrophic mires.

Keywords

• Armillaria ectypa
• Agaricales
• Marasmiaceae
• Tricholomataceae
• ecology
• threat