Cantharellus is a subgenus of fungi in the genus Cantharellus.
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.[1]
The subgenus was established in 2013 based on phylogenetic analysis, with Cantharellus cibarius designated as the type species.
Accepted species:
| Image | Scientific 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. anzutake | 2017 | Pinus densiflora, Carpinus laxiflora, Quercus mongolica | Japan, Korea | |
| C. applanatus | 2013 | India | ||
| 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 | ||
| C. confluens | 1980 | southern Appalachians, southeastern United States, and Mexico | ||
| C. deceptivus | 2016 | Eastern United States | ||
| C. eccentricus | 2014 | New Caledonia | ||
| C. elongatipes | 2014 | India | ||
| C. 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 | Malaysia | |
| C. indicus | 2014 | Quercus leucotrichophora | India | |
| C. iuventateviridis | 2016 | Carpinus caroliniana, Quercus nigra | United States | |
| C. laevihymeninus | 2021 | China(Yunnan) | ||
| C. lateritius - the smooth chanterelle | 1951 | hardwood | 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. natarajanii | 2013 | India | ||
| C. nothofagorum | 1992 | Nothofagus dombeyi | Argentina | |
| C. 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 America | |
| C. roseofagetorum | 2016 | Fagus orientalis | Georgia | |
| C. 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)[2] | |
| C. yunnanensis | 2021 | China (Yunnan) | ||