- Scientific name
- Cystogomphus humblotii
- Author
- Singer
- Common names
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- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Boletales
- Family
- Gomphidiaceae
- Assessment status
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Published
- Assessment date
- 2023-02-20
- IUCN Red List Category
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DD
- Assessors
- Susana C. Gonçalves; Susana Cunha (RBG Kew and University of Coimbrta, Portugal)
- Reviewers
- Gregory Mueller (Chicago Botanic Garden / IUCN SSC Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball Specialist Group)
Assessment Notes
Justification
The species is only known from its description in 1942, based on a specimen found in 1924 at a single location in France. The species has not been found since, so it is not possible to estimate the population size and trends and it is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).
Taxonomic notes
The type specimen for
Cystogomphus humblotii was initially identified as
Gomphidius tomentosus, but after revaluation was assigned to a new monotypic genus based on its morphological characteristics (Singer 1942). The type and only specimen for this genus may have since been lost (Miller Jr. 1971).
Geographic range
Only known from its type location in France, in Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France (Humblot 1926).
Population and Trends
The species is only known from it type specimen from 1924, and has not ben found since or in any other localities. There is not sufficient information to calculate the current population size and distribution.
Population Trend: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology
This is a terrestrial species. The type specimen was found in October, in the gardens of race tracks under planted spruce (Humblot 1926). It is possibly ectomycorrhizal (Watling 2008).
Threats
Threats to this species are unknown.
Conservation Actions
New collections are needed to revaluate its taxonomic placement, estimate the current population size and distribution, and better understand its ecology.
Source and Citation
Cunha, S.P. & Gonçalves, S.C. 2025. Cystogomphus humblotii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T266014734A266020050. Accessed on 20 November 2025.