Hygrocybe cantharellus

Hygrocybe cantharellus, commonly known as chanterelle waxy cap, is an agaric (gilled mushroom) in the family Hygrophoraceae. It is found in eastern North America[2] and Australia.[3] The European Hygrocybe lepida was previously referred to this name,[4] but is now known to be distinct.[5]

Hygrocybe cantharellus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Hygrocybe
Species:
H. cantharellus
Binomial name
Hygrocybe cantharellus
(Schwein.) Murrill (1911)
Synonyms[1]
  • Agaricus cantharellus Schwein. (1822)
  • Craterellus cantharellus (Schwein.) Fr. (1838)
  • Hygrophorus cantharellus (Schwein.) Fr. (1838)
  • Trombetta cantharella (Schwein.) Kuntze (1891)
  • Camarophyllus cantharellus (Schwein.) Murrill (1916)
  • Pseudohygrocybe cantharella (Schwein.) Kovalenko (1988)

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Hygrocybe cantharellus (Schwein.) Murrill". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  2. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  3. Young AM. (2005). A Field Guide to the Fungi of Australia. UNSW Press. p. 138. ISBN 978-0868407425.
  4. Boertmann D. (2010). The genus Hygrocybe (2nd ed.). Copenhagen: Danish Mycological Society. ISBN 978-87-983581-7-6.
  5. "The Global Fungal Red List Initiative: Hygrocybe lepida". Retrieved 2022-08-02.


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