Cantharellus subg. Afrocantharellus

Subgenus of fungi

Cantharellus subg. Afrocantharellus

Afrocantharellus platyphyllus in Tanzania
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

Species of fungus

Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex

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

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 Bart Buyck, Frank Kauff, Corinne Cruaud and Valérie Hofstetter in 2012-2013.^[3]

Species

Accepted species:

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

References

^ ^a ^b Tibuhwa, Donatha D.; Saviæ, Sanja; Tibell, Leif; Kivaisi, Amelia K. (2012). "Afrocantharellus gen. stat. nov. is part of a rich diversity of African Cantharellaceae". IMA Fungus. 3 (1): 25–38. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2012.03.01.04. PMC 3399100. PMID 23155498.
^ Zhang, Yu-Zhuo; Qin, Hua-Zhi; Chen, Zuo-Hong; Lin, Wen-Fei; Liang, Zhi-Qun; Jiang, Shuai; Zeng, Nian-Kai (2023-03-17). "Updated taxonomy of Chinese Cantharellus subgenera Afrocantharellus and Magni (Hydnaceae, Cantharellales): Three new taxa and amended descriptions of one previous species". Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1109831. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 10064096. PMID 37007503.
^ Buyck, Bart; Kauff, Frank; Cruaud, Corinne; Hofstetter, Valérie (2013). "Molecular evidence for novel Cantharellus (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) from tropical African miombo woodland and a key to all tropical African chanterelles". Fungal Diversity. 58 (1): 281–298. doi:10.1007/s13225-012-0215-4. ISSN 1560-2745. S2CID 256072483.