Cantharellus guyanensis is a tropical South American species of mushroom-forming fungus in the chanterelle genus (Cantharellus), first described by Camille Montagne from French Guiana in 1854.[2]
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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. guyanensis
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| Cantharellus guyanensis Mont. 1854
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Merulius guyanensis (Mont.) Kuntze (1891) | |
It has since also been found in Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, and Brazil. The fruit bodies have a bright orange cap colour and occur in medium- to large-sized troops. C. guyanensis seems to prefer sand-rich soil and forms ectomycorrhiza with a putatively wide range of host trees and shrubs including Coccoloba, Guapira, and Neea. Its congeners Cantharellus aurantioconspicuus, C. amazonensis, and C. protectus, all described from Brazil, are similar species.[3]
Although edible, C. guyanensis seems to be shunned by the Patamona people of Guyana who however use several other mushroom species occurring in their land.[4] Known as "chanterelle de Guyane" in French, the species is presumably eaten in French Guiana.[5]
References
edit- ^ "MycoBank: Cantharellus guyanensis". Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ Montagne, JPFC. (1854). "Cryptogamia Guyanensis seu plantarum cellularium in Guyana gallica annis 1835-1849 a cl. Leprieur collectarum enumeratio universalis". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique (in French). 1: 91–144.
- ^ Henkel, TW.; Wilson, AW.; Aime, MC.; Dierks, J.; Uehling, JK.; Roy, M.; Schimann, H.; Wartchow, F.; Mueller, GM. (2014). "Cantharellaceae of Guyana II: New species of Craterellus, new South American distribution records for Cantharellus guyanensis and Craterellus excelsus, and a key to the Neotropical taxa" (PDF). Mycologia. 106 (2): 307–324. doi:10.3852/106.2.307. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 24782498. S2CID 13504308.
- ^ Henkel, TW.; Aime, MC.; Chin, M.; Andrew, C. (2004). "Edible mushrooms from Guyana". Mycologist. 18 (3): 104–111. doi:10.1017/S0269915X04003027. ISSN 0269-915X. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ Lafleur, C.; Roy, M.; Schimann, H. (2013). "Connaissez-vous la chanterelle de Guyane ?" (PDF). Une Saison en Guyane (in French). 11: 98.
External links
edit- Cantharellus guyanensis in Index Fungorum
- Cantharellus guyanensis in MycoBank.
- Tropical Fungi – Cantharellus guyanensis
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