Lycoperdon caudatum J. Schroet. was described from Europe 1889. The anterior nameLycoperdon pedicellatum Peck 1873 (from N. America) is an unavailable synonym due to homonymy with with L. pedicellatum Batsch = Geastrum sp. Bovistella miyabei Lloyd from Japan was considered a synonym by Demoulin 1971.
Several similar species, of which no barcoding sequences are available, have been described from the Himalayas: L. darjeelingense, L. mundkurii, L. ovalicaudatum and L. yetisodale.  Records from tropical regions may not be conspecific with L. caudatum.

Rare species of calcareous fens and mires. Due to a considerable historic and ongoing habitat decline a population decrease can be assumed.
Suggested assessment: VU (A)

Widely distributedparticularly in N. America and Eurasia. Australia? Records from tropical regions in Africa and S. America need to be confirmed as conspecific.

appr. 700 records world-wide.  EOO: 197 000000 km2
AOO: appr 1000 km2
Probably a considerable population decline over the last 50-100 years due to ditching of fens and mires. Decrease is ongoing.

Saprotrophic species that occurs in or in the vicinity of calcareous fens and mires, often sharing this habitat with Bovista paludosa. In Scotland it is regularly observed in grassland in temporarily wet slacks in sand dune ecosystems. Occasionally in drier, sandy habitats in light pine forests.

Habitat decline due to ditching of mires and fens.

Research to verify conspecificity of the Asian populations as well as to investigate the phylogenetic relationships to morphologically rather similar species described from Asia.

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