- 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
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Published
- Assessment date
- 2023-05-04
- 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
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.