Assessment Notes

Justification

This recently described species is known to occur within evergreen Japanese broadleaf forest. The only known collection of this species was made in the Miyazaki Prefecture growing on the soil of a walkway. This species does not appear to be significantly threatened at this locality, however further information is needed in order to confirm this, as well as to confirm the full extent of the range of the species. Until further research provides such information, this species is listed as Data Deficient, due to a deficiency in information regarding this species' present distribution and potential threats.

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Geographic range

This species appears to be known only from a single collection, made in Japan, at Minamimata in the Miyazaki Prefecture, growing on soil on a walkway inside an evergreen forest around Teruha-Oturihasi (Suhara and Kurogi 2015). It is likely to have been overlooked and could be more widespread, at least in Asia (I. Olariaga Ibarguren in litt. 2022).

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Population and Trends

There do not appear to be any recordings of significant threats to this species or its habitat, and so it is reasonable to assume that this species' population is stable at the known locality. This species can grow in very large numbers (Suhara and Kurogi 2015).

Population Trend: Stable

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Habitat and Ecology

This species can be found growing on soil or rocks in evergreen broadleaved forest. It is grows on level ground, in concaved hollows, or on the underside of an overhanging surface on a slope (Suhara and Kurogi 2015).

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Threats

There don't appear to be any records of threats affecting this species or its habitat at the known site, but as it could be more widespread in Asia (I. Olariaga Ibarguren in litt. 2022), threats that could be impacting it elsewhere within its potential range are uncertain.

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Conservation Actions

Further research into this species' population distribution and potential threats is needed in order to build an accurate assessment of this species.

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Source and Citation

Liddle, T.A. 2023. Cantharellus cyphelloides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T189310827A223773002. Accessed on 26 November 2025.

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