Cantharellus minor

Cantharellus minor is a fungus native to eastern North America.[1] It is one of the smallest of the genus Cantharellus, which includes other edible chanterelles. 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.[2] The cap of C. minor ranges from 0.5 to 3.0 cm (0.2 to 1.2 in) wide and is convex and umbonate, often shallowly depressed, becoming funnel-shaped in some. The yellowish gills are decurrent, and fade to yellowish white in maturity.[2] The stipe is less than 4 cm (1.6 in) tall. They fruit in the summer and fall.[3] Although insubstantial, they are edible.[4]

Cantharellus minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Cantharellales
Family:
Cantharellaceae
Genus:
Cantharellus
Species:
C. minor
Binomial name
Cantharellus minor
Peck (1872)
Synonyms

Merulius minor (Peck) Kuntze (1891)

Cantharellus minor
float
Mycological characteristics
ridges on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is decurrent
stipe is bare
spore print is yellow
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: edible

References
  1. Kuo, M. (February 2006). "Cantharellus minor". MushroomExpert.Com. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
  2. Mohanan C. (2011). Macrofungi of Kerala. Kerala, India: Kerala Forest Research Institute. ISBN 978-81-85041-73-5.
  3. Miller Jr OK.; Miller HH. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. FalconGuides. Globe Pequot Press. p. 334. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  4. "Cantharellus minor". Rogers Plants. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07. Retrieved 2011-05-08.


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