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Hoehnelogaster microsporus Lohwag

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Scientific name
Hoehnelogaster microsporus
Author
Lohwag
Common names
 
IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Boletales
Family
Paxillaceae
Assessment status
Published
Assessment date
2023-05-04
IUCN Red List Category
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

The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/266001573/266018676

Justification

Hoehnelogaster microsporus is a gasteroid fungus described in 1926, from Java, Indonesia. It has not been recorded since and has a potentially unresolved taxonomic status. It is assessed as Data Deficient (DD).

Taxonomic notes

Hoehnelogaster microsporus, is the only species in the monotypic genus Hoehnelogaster. However, although this taxon is currently listed as accepted in Index Fungorum, its validity has been called into question in the past and suggested as a synonym of Corditubera microspora. (Zeller 1948, Smith and Schmull 2011)

Geographic range

The species has only been reported from Java, Indonesia.

Population and Trends

No additional records of this species have been made since its description and it is not possible to estimate its population size or trends.

Population Trend: Unknown


Habitat and Ecology

There is no habitats and ecology information.

Threats

This species' threats are unknown.

Conservation Actions

Surveys are needed to determine the species' distribution, population size and trends, and ecology. Additionally, taxonomic studies are need as its generic placement has been questioned.

Source and Citation

Cunha, S.P. & Gonçalves, S.C. 2025. Hoehnelogaster microsporus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T266001573A266018676. Accessed on 22 November 2025.

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