Gomphus (fungus)

Gomphus is a small genus of cantharelloid fungi which were presumed to be related to chanterelles, however molecular study has shown them to be allied with stinkhorns and fairy clubs. The genus is polyphyletic which would possibly result in a new name for G. floccosus in the future.

There are several undescribed species in the forests of Myrtle beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii) Tasmania. Interestingly, Bruce Fuhrer had noticed in 1992 that the large and ornamented spores of these species resembled those of the genera Ramaria and Beenakia.