See text Gomphus is a genus of cantharelloid fungi in the family Gomphaceae.

[1] Once presumed to be related to chanterelles, molecular study has shown them to be allied with stinkhorns and fairy clubs.

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon named the genus in 1797, but did not assign any species to it at the time.

[2] The generic name is derived from the Greek 'γομφος' gomphos meaning 'plug' or 'large wedge-shaped nail'.

[5] Bruce Fuhrer noticed in 1992 that the large and ornamented spores of these species resembled those of the genera Ramaria and Beenakia.