The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Widespread over much of Britain, although very localised.
Regional Distribution
Boconnoc Park and Stowe Woods in 1989.
Habitat & Ecology
Primarily a species of ancient woodlands and pasture-woodlands, where it is found under the bark of large items of decaying timber and in the fruiting bodies of fungi growing from it. A wide variety of tree species form suitable habitat.
Threats
Removal of large items of decaying timber from old parks, pasture-woodlands and ancient woodlands, usually for reasons of tidiness. Loss of old trees generally.
Conservation
Retention of decaying timber and the maintenance of diverse age structure in tree
populations. Boconnoc Park has a sympathetic owner and is a SSSI. The part of Stowe Woods where it was found is owned by The National Trust.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.