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United States

North America · Northern America

Total Species
11292
Threatened
274
CR + EN + VU
Population
331002647
Area
9833517 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 42
Endangered 98
Vulnerable 134
Near Threatened 153
Least Concern 2196
Data Deficient 112
Not Evaluated 3438
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 86

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 5386
Animalia 3833
Fungi 1835
Protozoa 86
Bacteria 78
Chromista 74

Featured Species

All Species in United States

Stalked Puffball-In-Aspic

Calostoma cinnabarinum

Not Evaluated

Short-Stemmed Russula

Russula brevipes

Not Evaluated

Winter Russula

Russula cremoricolor

Not Evaluated

Yellow-Latex Milkcap

Lactarius vinaceorufescens

Not Evaluated

Thomson'S Rosette Lichen

Physcia thomsoniana

Not Evaluated

Gilled Bolete

Phylloporus leucomycelinus

Not Evaluated

Grey Bolete

Retiboletus griseus

Not Evaluated

Fir Broom Rust

Melampsorella elatina

Not Evaluated

Huckleberry Broom Rust Fungus

Calyptospora columnaris

Not Evaluated

Reddish Brown Bitter Bolete

Tylopilus rubrobrunneus

Not Evaluated

Roxane'S Bolete

Aureoboletus roxanae

Not Evaluated

Mite

Gabucinia delibata

Not Evaluated

Violet Gray Bolete

Tylopilus plumbeoviolaceus

Not Evaluated

Staphylinid beetle

Dinaraea angustula

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Tomoglossa luteicornis

Near Threatened

Plant pathogen

Colletotrichum queenslandicum

Not Evaluated

Purple-Edged Lute

Callistosporium purpureomarginatum

Not Evaluated

Rockefeller'S Gray Crosslobes

Rockefellera crossophylla

Not Evaluated

Slippery Jill

Suillus salmonicolor

Not Evaluated

Tar spot

Phyllachora maydis

Not Evaluated

Hairy Long Stem Marasmius

Rhizomarasmius pyrrhocephalus

Not Evaluated

Jellied False Coral Fungus

Sebacina schweinitzii

Not Evaluated

Viscid Violet Cort

Cortinarius iodes

Not Evaluated

Wrinkled Cortinarius

Cortinarius corrugatus

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Oligota pumilio

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Trichophya pilicornis

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Neobisnius procerulus

Least Concern

Swamp Beacon

Mitrula elegans

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Amischa bifoveolata

Least Concern

Staph beetle

Atheta celata

Least Concern

Jack-In-The-Pulpit Rust

Uromyces ari-triphylli

Not Evaluated

Orange Gilled Waxcap

Humidicutis marginata

Not Evaluated

Blue-Foot

Psilocybe caerulipes

Not Evaluated

Aspen Oyster Mushroom

Pleurotus populinus

Not Evaluated

Pustule Crust Lichen

Lepra pustulata

Not Evaluated

Sap Yeast

Cystofilobasidium macerans

Not Evaluated

Scaly Ink Cap

Coprinopsis variegata

Not Evaluated

Smooth Lungwort

Ricasolia quercizans

Not Evaluated

Yellow Gymnopilus

Gymnopilus luteus

Not Evaluated

Big-Fruit Hawthorn

Crataegus macrosperma

Least Concern

Bugseed

Corispermum hyssopifolium

Not Evaluated

Spring Beauty Rust

Puccinia mariae-wilsoniae

Not Evaluated

White American Star-Footed Amanita

Amanita aestivalis

Not Evaluated

Eastern North American Destroying Angel

Amanita bisporigera

Not Evaluated

Yellow Deer Mushroom

Pluteus chrysophlebius

Endangered

Frost'S Amanita

Amanita frostiana

Not Evaluated

Great Funnel-Veil Amanita

Amanita velatipes

Not Evaluated

Jackson'S Slender Caesar

Amanita jacksonii

Not Evaluated

Murrill'S Slender Caesar

Amanita murrilliana

Not Evaluated

Old Potato Amanita

Amanita solaniolens

Not Evaluated

Peck'S Yellow Dust Amanita

Amanita elongata

Not Evaluated

Piebald Ringless Amanita

Amanita variicolor

Not Evaluated

Rust of bristlemallow

Puccinia modiolae

Not Evaluated

Salmon Amanita

Amanita wellsii

Not Evaluated

Small Funnel-Veil Amanita

Amanita multisquamosa

Not Evaluated

Kuroshio shot hole borer fungus

Graphium kuroshium

Not Evaluated

Needlecast fungus

Stigmina deflectens

Not Evaluated

Purple Laccaria

Laccaria ochropurpurea

Not Evaluated

Shot hole borer fungus

Graphium euwallaceae

Not Evaluated

Sidewalk Firedot

Xanthocarpia feracissima

Not Evaluated

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