Cantharellus is a subgenus of fungi in the genus Cantharellus.
Description This subgenus has medium to large fruiting bodies with a veined hymenophore. The cap and stipes are usually smooth, sometimes with appressed squama. The hyphal endings are mostly thick-walled.
Taxonomy The subgenus was established in 2013 based on phylogenetic analysis, with Cantharellus cibarius designated as the type species.
Species Accepted species: Image Name Year Mycorrhizal association Distribution C. albopileatus 2022 Castanopsis fissa China(Zhejiang)C. alborufescens 1998 Quercus ilex, Quercus pubescens Spain, Iran, France, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia C. altipes 2011 southeastern United States C. amethysteus 1887 oaks, beeches or birches Europe C. applanatus 2013 Pinus densiflora, Carpinus laxiflora, Quercus mongolica India, China, Japan, Korea — C. natarajanii is a synonym. — C. anzutake is a synonym. C. californicus - the oak chanterelle 2008 Quercus agrifolia, Quercus kelloggii, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus wislizeni, Arbutus menziesii California C. camphoratus 1979 Canada, United States C. cascadensis 2003 Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla the Pacific Northwest of North America C. chicagoensis 2016 Quercus alba, Quercus rubra Chicago, United States C. chuiweifanii 2022 Lithocarpus China(Hainan) C. cibarius golden chanterelle 1821 Europe, China (Northeastern), Japan C. confluens 1980 southern Appalachians, southeastern United States, and Mexico C. deceptivus 2016 Eastern United States C. eccentricus 2014 New Caledonia C. elongatipes 2014 IndiaC. enelensis 2017 Newfoundland, Quebec, Michigan and Illinois C. ferruginascens 1969 Greece, Slovakia, Iran C. flavolateritius 2016 United States C. flavus 2013 midwestern and southern United States C. hainanensis 2017 Lithocarpus China(Hainan)C. incrassatus 2014 Quercus leucotrichophora MalaysiaC. indicus 2014 Quercus leucotrichophora IndiaC. iuventateviridis 2016 Carpinus caroliniana, Quercus nigra United StatesC. laevihymeninus 2021 China(Yunnan) C. lateritius - the smooth chanterelle 1951hardwood North America(Michigan to New England.), Africa, Malaysia, and the Himalayas (Uttar Pradesh) C. lewisii 2011 hardwoods southeastern United States C. macrocarpus 2021 China (Hainan) C. nothofagorum 1992 Nothofagus dombeyi ArgentinaC. phasmatis 2013 United States C. pallens 1959 Czech Republic, Bohemia, Spain C. persicinus 1986 Eastern United States C. pinetorus 2022 Pinus massoniana China (Hunan)C. pseudoformosus 2011 Cedrus deodara India C. quercophilus 2010 Quercus stellata southeastern United States C. ravus 2022 Lithocarpus China (Hunan) C. roseocanus 2012 Pinus contorta, Pinus banksiana, Pinus muricata Pacific Northwest region of North AmericaC. roseofagetorum 2016 Fagus orientalis GeorgiaC. septentrionalis 1968 United States (Michigan) C. spectaculus - the spectacular chanterelle, 2013 midwestern United States C. subalbidus 1947 Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Arbutus menziesii western North America C. subamethysteus 2009 Malaysia C. subpruinosus 2000 Europe C. subvaginatus 2018 Quercus mongolica, Abies holophylla South Korea C. tenuithrix 2011 Quercus alba southeastern United States C. vaginatus 2011 China, India (Sikkim)C. velutinus 2016 United States C. veraecrucis 2021 Quercus oleoides Mexico (Veracruz) C. versicolor 2016 China(Yunnan) C. violaceovinosus 2018 Quercus oleoides, Quercus glaucescens, Quercus sapotifolia Mexico (Veracruz)
Reclassified species C. yunnanensis – the Cantharellus species that is commonly sold in bulk in Southwest China, once denoted as C. yunnanensis, is C. applanatus; the C. yunnanensis per se is reclassified as Craterellus yunnanensis .
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