Cantharellus minor | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Cantharellales |
Family: | Cantharellaceae |
Genus: | Cantharellus |
Species: | C. minor
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Binomial name | |
Cantharellus minor
Peck (1872)
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Synonyms | |
Cantharellus minor | |
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![]() | Ridges on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() | Hymenium is decurrent |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Spore print is yellow |
![]() | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | Edibility is edible |
Cantharellus minor is a fungus native to eastern North America. It is one of the smallest of the genus Cantharellus, which includes other edible chanterelles. [1]
Cantharellus minor is colored bright yellow to yellowish-orange. [2] The cap ranges from 0.5 to 3 centimetres (1⁄4 to 1+1⁄4 in) wide and is convex and umbonate, often shallowly depressed, becoming funnel-shaped in some. The yellowish gills are decurrent, fade to yellowish white in maturity, [3] and may seem large in proportion to the small fruiting body. [2] The stipe is 2–5 cm (3⁄4–2 in) tall and 3–6 millimetres (1⁄8–1⁄4 in) thick. [2]
Lookalikes include the Gulf Coast's C. tabernensis which has a darker center, Craterellus ignicolor which has shallower ridges and usually a depression in the cap, and Gloioxanthomyces nitidus which has a very circular margin, fairly straight stem and non-forking gills. [2]
Native to eastern North America, [1] the fungi fruits from June to September. [2] [4]
It is suspected of being mycorrhizal, found in association with oaks and moss. [1] Recently, C. minor has been reported from semi-evergreen to evergreen forests in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India forming ectomycorrhizal associations with tree species like Vateria indica, Diospyros malabarica, Hopea parviflora, and Myristica species. [3]
Although insubstantial, the mushrooms are edible. [5]
Cantharellus minor | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Cantharellales |
Family: | Cantharellaceae |
Genus: | Cantharellus |
Species: | C. minor
|
Binomial name | |
Cantharellus minor
Peck (1872)
| |
Synonyms | |
Cantharellus minor | |
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![]() | Ridges on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() | Hymenium is decurrent |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Spore print is yellow |
![]() | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
![]() | Edibility is edible |
Cantharellus minor is a fungus native to eastern North America. It is one of the smallest of the genus Cantharellus, which includes other edible chanterelles. [1]
Cantharellus minor is colored bright yellow to yellowish-orange. [2] The cap ranges from 0.5 to 3 centimetres (1⁄4 to 1+1⁄4 in) wide and is convex and umbonate, often shallowly depressed, becoming funnel-shaped in some. The yellowish gills are decurrent, fade to yellowish white in maturity, [3] and may seem large in proportion to the small fruiting body. [2] The stipe is 2–5 cm (3⁄4–2 in) tall and 3–6 millimetres (1⁄8–1⁄4 in) thick. [2]
Lookalikes include the Gulf Coast's C. tabernensis which has a darker center, Craterellus ignicolor which has shallower ridges and usually a depression in the cap, and Gloioxanthomyces nitidus which has a very circular margin, fairly straight stem and non-forking gills. [2]
Native to eastern North America, [1] the fungi fruits from June to September. [2] [4]
It is suspected of being mycorrhizal, found in association with oaks and moss. [1] Recently, C. minor has been reported from semi-evergreen to evergreen forests in the Western Ghats, Kerala, India forming ectomycorrhizal associations with tree species like Vateria indica, Diospyros malabarica, Hopea parviflora, and Myristica species. [3]
Although insubstantial, the mushrooms are edible. [5]