Cantharellus subgenus Afrocantharellus

Afrocantharellus is a subgenus of fungi in the genus Cantharellus. Species in this subgenus are found in Africa and Asia.^[2]

Cantharellus subgenus Afrocantharellus
Afrocantharellus platyphyllus in Tanzania
Scientific 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
See Text
Synonyms
Afrocantharellus (Eyssart. & Buyck) Tibuhwa (2012)[1]

Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex

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.^[1] The genus was reverted back to a subgenus by further molecular-based infrageneric classification in a more recent study ^[3] and this has been followed by other researchers.^[2]

Species

Accepted species:

Image	Scientific Name	Year	Mycorrhizal association	Distribution
	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
	C. guyanensis Mont.	1854		French Guyana
	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