Assessment Notes

Justification

Cantharellus tanzanicus is a species of chanterelle that occurs in miombo woodland. Records come from Tanzania and Democratic Republic of Congo, although it is suspected to be more widespread. There may be some localised threats to the species’ habitat, but overall it is not suspected to approach the thresholds for listing as threatened under any category. Therefore, C. tanzanicus is assessed as Least Concern.

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Geographic range

This species was described from Tanzania, collected from a slope of the Uluguru mountains behind the campus of Sokoine Agricultural University (Buyck et al. 2013). Further collections are recorded from Democratic Republic of Congo in Botancialcollections.be (2021) in the south of the country.

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Population and Trends

There is no quantitative information regarding population size and trends.

Population Trend: Unknown

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Habitat and Ecology

This species appears to a species of miombo woodland (Botanicalcollections.be 2021), with the type collection coming from Brachystegia spicifiormis woodland (Buyck et al. 2013). However, non-native Eucalyptus camaldulensis was present at the site, which gives an interesting parallel to Madagascan species known only from introduced Ecalyptus plantations (see Buyck et al. 2013).

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Threats

Jew et al. (2016) note several threats to miombo woodland, including land conversion for agriculture and logging.

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Conservation Actions

Further survey work to identify how widespread the species may be is required; and further investigations into any associations with Ecalyptus could be interesting.

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Source and Citation

Westrip, J.R.S. 2025. Cantharellus tanzanicus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T189958746A269712596. Accessed on 23 November 2025.

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