Cantharellopsis
| Cantharellopsis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Repetobasidiaceae |
| Genus: |
Cantharellopsis Kuyper (1986) |
| Type species | |
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Cantharellopsis prescotii (Weinm.) Kuyper (1986) |
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Cantharellopsis is a tan- to whitish-colored bryophilous monotypic genus in the Agaricales. The fruit bodies of the single species Cantharellus prescotii has a form intermediate between an Omphalina and a chanterelle (Cantharellus) because of its forked, fold-like gills. It inhabits moss on calcareous soils in temperate regions of Europe.Phylogenetically related agarics are in the genera Contumyces, Gyroflexus, Loreleia, Rickenella and Blasiphalia, as well as the stipitate-stereoid genera Muscinupta and Cotylidia and the clavarioid genus, Alloclavaria.
Cantharellopsis is named in reference to its vague similarity to the genus Cantharellus and means, Cantharellus-like.
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