Funcia di basilisc  (Pleurotus nebrodensis)

ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant species that face a high risk of extinction by raising awareness of the conservation issues and actions needed. The first of the Top 50 series highlights a selection of the most threatened Mediterranean island plants, with a booklet and website providing information.

Pleurotus nebrodensis is the only mushroom included in the ‘Top 50', and while technically not a plant, it was included to illustrate that some fungi as well as plants have been reduced to critically low levels and face imminent extinction.

For information on the Top 50 Mediterranean Island Plants, please see:
http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/our_work/plants/mediterranean_top50.htm