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Cantharellaceae

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Also known as liškovité

The Cantharellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. The family contains the chanterelles and related species, a group of fungi that superficially resemble agarics (gilled mushrooms) but have smooth, wrinkled, or gill-like hymenophores (spore-bearing undersurfaces). Species in the family are ectomycorrhizal, forming a mutually beneficial relationship with the roots of trees and other plants. Many of the Cantharellaceae, including the chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), the Pacific golden chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus), the horn of plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides), an

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderCantharellales
  5. FamilyCantharellaceae
Observations recorded1,952

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
58
With media
84
Family
Cantharellaceae
Collections
NCU, F, UFPB, JBRJ, CEPLAC, WTU
Recorded in
United States, Costa Rica, Brasil, Netherlands, Canada, French Polynesia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Cantharellales
Image
Kanttarelli-saalis VIII04 C 3361.JPG
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Commons category
Cantharellaceae
taxon rank
family
taxon name
Cantharellaceae
topic's main category
Category:Cantharellaceae
taxon common name
lisičarke
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • History
  • Current status
  • Description
  • Habitat and distribution
  • Economic importance
  • References
  • External links

The Cantharellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. The family contains the chanterelles and related species, a group of fungi that superficially resemble agarics (gilled mushrooms) but have smooth, wrinkled, or gill-like hymenophores (spore-bearing undersurfaces). Species in the family are ectomycorrhizal, forming a mutually beneficial relationship with the roots of trees and other plants. Many of the Cantharellaceae, including the chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius), the Pacific golden chanterelle (Cantharellus formosus), the horn of plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides), and the trumpet chanterelle (Craterellus tubaeformis), are not only edible, but are collected and marketed internationally on a commercial scale.

==Taxonomy==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cantharellaceae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.