Assessment Notes

Justification

The only known specimen of this species was found in the Penambol Conservation Park, Australia. It is unknown whether this species remains at this locality as part of a wild population, so further information is required in order to confirm this. Although this species does not appear to be significantly threatened at this site, its full distribution is unknown and so the status of its wild population is uncertain at this time. This species is therefore listed as Data Deficient until further information regarding this species distribution and potential threats arises.

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Taxonomic notes

This species may not belong to Cantharellus. It might be a Gerronema (Eyssartier and Buyck 2001; I. Olariaga Ibarguren in litt. 2022).

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Geographic range

The only known specimen of this species appears to have been found at Encounter Bay, Back Valley, Australia (Eyssartier and Buyck 2001), in the Penambol Conservation Park. No further information regarding this species' distribution appears to be known.

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Population and Trends

This species does not appear to be significantly threatened in its known habitat. Further research is required in order to determine whether this species exists elsewhere under threat, though, before an estimate of the population trend can be made.

Population Trend: Unknown

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Habitat and Ecology

The only known collection of this species described it as growing on the ground in a swamp at its known locality (Eyssartier and Buyck 2001).

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Threats

This species is thought to exist within the Penambol Conservation Park, and is therefore unlikely to be significantly threatened at this site. However, further research is required into the complete distribution of the species before an accurate inference of the threat status can be made.

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Conservation Actions

The only recorded site for this species is thought to exist within protected habitat, at the Penambol Conservation Park. Further research into this species’ wider distribution, habitat preferences, and potential threats in other locations is required in order to accurately assess this species.

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Source and Citation

Liddle, T.A. 2023. Cantharellus granulosus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T226993297A227535818. Accessed on 26 November 2025.

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