Cantharellopsis
Genus of fungi
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Cantharellopsis is a tan- to whitish-colored bryophilous monotypic genus in the Hymenochaetales. The fruit bodies of the single species Cantharellopsis prescotii has a form intermediate between an Omphalina and a chanterelle (Cantharellus) because of its forked, fold-like gills.[1][2][3][4] It inhabits moss on calcareous soils in temperate regions of Europe.[5] Phylogenetically related agarics are in the genera Contumyces, Gyroflexus, Loreleia, Rickenella and Blasiphalia, as well as the stipitate-stereoid genera Muscinupta and Cotylidia[6] and the clavarioid genus, Alloclavaria.[4]
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| Cantharellopsis | |
|---|---|
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| Cantharellopsis prescotii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Repetobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Cantharellopsis Kuyper (1986) |
| Type species | |
| Cantharellopsis prescotii (Weinm.) Kuyper (1986) | |
Etymology
Cantharellopsis is named in reference to its vague similarity to the genus Cantharellus and means, Cantharellus-like.
