Enterographa brezhonega
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Fungus or lichen > fungus > Lichenicolous fungus |
| Red List Status: | Vulnerable (Not Relevant) [VU(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Enterographa brezhonega |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | Sparrius & Aptroot |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | Woods & Coppins, 2012 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Redlisted as Vulnerable (2012) - Extant only in New forest and a single Dartmoor site. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Without evidence of the national status of this species it will be very difficult to assess if there are any other species-specific actions required for its conservation; or if it is need of conservation at all. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | There is evidence that host lichen populations decline when a reduction in grazing allows vegetation to decrease light levels, so a general increase in the structural diversity of the host's habitat will directly benefit this species. |
Species Assessment
| Current step on the Species Recovery Curve (SRC): | 6. Recovery solutions trialled |
| Recovery potential/expectation: | Unknown |
| National Monitoring Resource: | Opportunistic - insufficient |
| Species Comments: | The recovery potential is unknown because it is unclear why this species is usually only found where there is an abundance of the host species, not everywhere it is found (veteran oaks in old-growth woodland). It parasitises Coenogonium (Dimerella) species, mostly C. confusum, but rarely C. luteum as well. |
Key Actions
Key Action 1
Proposed Action: Review habitat management at existing sites and assess suitability for preventing any decline or extinction of this species.
Action targets: 5. Remedial action identified
Action type: Habitat management
Duration: 1 year
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: New Forest & Dartmoor
Comments: Review will need to look at best management for the target species, its host lichen, and the trees on which the host lichen grows.
Key Action 2
Proposed Action: Seek getting protection of host trees, and other beneficial management into Site Management Plan.
Action targets: 7. Best approach adopted at appropriate scales
Action type: Advice & support
Duration: 1 year
Scale of Implementation: ≤ 5 sites
High priority sites: New Forest & Dartmoor
Comments:
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.