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Cantharellus minor
Species of fungus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Description
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]
Similar species
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]
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Distribution and habitat
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]
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