Cantharellus subg. Afrocantharellus

Cantharellus subg. Afrocantharellus
Afrocantharellus platyphyllus in Tanzania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Cantharellales
Family: Cantharellaceae
Genus: Cantharellus
Subgenus: Cantharellus subg. Afrocantharellus
Essyart. & Buyck (2001)
Type species
Afrocantharellus symoensii
(Heinem.) Tibuhwa (2012)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Afrocantharellus (Eyssart. & Buyck) Tibuhwa (2012)
Cantharellus subg. Afrocantharellus
Mycological characteristics
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex

Afrocantharellus is a subgenus of fungi in the genus Cantharellus. Species in this subgenus are found in Africa and Asia.

Taxonomy

It was originally named as a subgenus of Cantharellus, but was elevated to the rank of genus Afrocantharellus by Donatha D. Tibuhwa in 2012 based on morphological and molecular evidence. The genus was reverted back to a subgenus by further molecular-based infrageneric classification in a more recent study and this has been followed by other researchers.

Species

Accepted species:

ImageScientific nameYearMycorrhizal associationDistribution
C. aurantioconspicuus Wartchow & Buyck2012Brazil (Pernambuco)
C. cerinoalbus Eyssart. & Walleyn2009China(Hunan), Malaysia
C. cineraceus N.K. Zeng, Y.Z. Zhang & Zhi Q. Liang2023Castanopsis kawakamiiChina(Fujian)
C. cuticulatus Corner1966Malaysia
C. fistulosus Tibuhwa & Buyck2008Tanzania
C. guyanensis Mont.1854French Guyana
C. platyphyllus Heinem. 1966Tanzania
C. hygrophoroides S.C. Shao, Buyck & F.Q. Yu2014Castanopsis fissaChina(Hainan, Yunnan)
C. luteostipitatus Buyck & V. Hofstetter2015Madagascar
C. protectus Wartchow & F.G.B. Pinheiro2013Brazil (Paraíba)
C. splendens Buyck1994Congo, Zambia, Burundi and Tanzania
C. symoensii Heinem.1966Tanzania

References

  1. 1 2 Tibuhwa, Donatha D.; Saviæ, Sanja; Tibell, Leif; Kivaisi, Amelia K. (2012). "Afrocantharellus gen. stat. nov. is part of a rich diversity of African Cantharellaceae". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 25–38. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.04. PMC 3399100. PMID 23155498.
  2. 1 2 Zhang, Yu-Zhuo; Qin, Hua-Zhi; Chen, Zuo-Hong; Lin, Wen-Fei; Liang, Zhi-Qun; Jiang, Shuai; Zeng, Nian-Kai (2023-03-17). "Updated taxonomy of Chinese Cantharellus subgenera Afrocantharellus and Magni (Hydnaceae, Cantharellales): Three new taxa and amended descriptions of one previous species". Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1109831. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 10064096. PMID 37007503.
  3. ↑ Buyck, Bart; Kauff, Frank; Cruaud, Corinne; Hofstetter, Valérie (2013). "Molecular evidence for novel Cantharellus (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) from tropical African miombo woodland and a key to all tropical African chanterelles". Fungal Diversity. 58 (1): 281–298. doi:10.1007/s13225-012-0215-4. ISSN 1560-2745. S2CID 256072483.