''Cantharellus guyanensis'' is a
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
South American species of
mushroom
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans.
The standard for the name "mushroom" is ...
-forming
fungus
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in the
chanterelle genus (''Cantharellus''), first described by
Camille Montagne from
French Guiana
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in 1854.
It has since also been found in
Guyana,
Suriname,
Venezuela
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, and
Brazil
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. The
fruit bodies
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have a bright orange cap colour and occur in medium- to large-sized troops. ''C. guyanensis'' seems to prefer sand-rich soil and forms
ectomycorrhiza with a putatively wide range of host trees and shrubs including ''
Coccoloba
''Coccoloba'' is a genus of about 120–150 species of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae, which is native to the Neotropics. There is no overall English name for the genus, although many of the individual species have widely used common ...
'', ''
Guapira
''Guapira'' is a genus of Neotropical shrubs in four o'clock family.[Neea
''Neea'' is a genus of plants in family Nyctaginaceae from the Caribbean region, Central and South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small ...]
''. Its congeners ''
Cantharellus aurantioconspicuus'', ''
C. amazonensis'', and ''
C. protectus'', all described from Brazil, are similar species.
Although
edible
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, ''C. guyanensis'' seems to be shunned by the
of Guyana who however use several other mushroom species occurring in their land.
Known as "chanterelle de Guyane" in French, the species is presumably eaten in French Guiana.
References
External links
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Tropical Fungi – ''Cantharellus guyanensis''
guyanensis
Fungi described in 1854
Fungus species
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