Afrocantharellus is a subgenus of fungi in the genus Cantharellus. Species in this genus is found in Africa and China.[2]
| Cantharellus subg. Afrocantharellus | |
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| Afrocantharellus platyphyllus in Tanzania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex |
Taxonomy
editIt 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.[1] The genus was reverted back to a subgenus by further molecular-based infrageneric classification Bart Buyck, Frank Kauff, Corinne Cruaud and Valérie Hofstetter in 2012-2013.[3]
Species
editAccepted species:
| Image | Scientific Name | Year | Mycorrhizal association | Distribution |
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| C. aurantioconspicuus Wartchow & Buyck | 2012 | Brazil (Pernambuco) | ||
| C. cerinoalbus Eyssart. & Walleyn | 2009 | China(Hunan), Malaysia | ||
| C. cineraceus N.K. Zeng, Y.Z. Zhang & Zhi Q. Liang | 2023 | Castanopsis kawakamii | China(Fujian) | |
| C. cuticulatus Corner | 1966 | Malaysia | ||
| C. fistulosus Tibuhwa & Buyck | 2008 | Tanzania | ||
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C. guyanensis Mont. | 1854 | French Guyana | |
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C. platyphyllus Heinem. | 1966 | Tanzania | |
| C. hygrophoroides S.C. Shao, Buyck & F.Q. Yu | 2014 | Castanopsis fissa | China(Hainan, Yunnan) | |
| C. luteostipitatus Buyck & V. Hofstetter | 2015 | Madagascar | ||
| C. protectus Wartchow & F.G.B. Pinheiro | 2013 | Brazil (Paraíba) | ||
| C. splendens Buyck | 1994 | Congo, Zambia, Burundi and Tanzania | ||
| C. symoensii Heinem. | 1966 | Tanzania |
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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