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Cantharellus cibarius Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 318 (1821)

Agaricus chantarellus L., Sp. pl. 2: 1171 (1753)
Merulius chantarellus (L.) Scop., Fl. carniol. Edn 2 (Vienna) 2: 461 (1772)
Agaricus chantarellus Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 2: 62 (1788)
Cantharellus vulgaris Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 636 (1821)
Craterellus cibarius (Fr.) Quél., Fl. Mycol. France (Paris): 37 (1888)
Cantharellus cibarius f. neglectus M. Souché, Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 20: 39 (1904)
Cantharellus cibarius f. pallidus R. Schulz, in Michael & Schulz, Führ. Pilzfr. 1 Edn 5 (Berlin) 1: pl. 82 (1924)
Cantharellus cibarius var. albidus Maire, Publ. Inst. Bot. Barcelona 3: 49 (1937)
Cantharellus pallens Pilát, Acad. Republ. Pop. Romine: 600 (1959)

Habitat: On soil amongst leaf litter in deciduous woodland. Associated with Betula, Fagus and Quercus spp. Occasionally reported in plantations 'with conifers'.

Notes: Common and widespread.

Distribution: E: c, S: c, W: c, NI: c, ROI: c, Other: Channel Islands: o; Isle of Man: o

Vouchers: England: K(M) 67194; Scotland: K(M) 34642; Wales: K(M) 34695; ROI: K(M) 34699; Other: Isle of Man: K(M) 34699

Descriptions, Lists & Icons:
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Roberts, P.J. & Spooner, B.M., British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi: an account of the British Cantharelloid and stipitate Hydnoid Fungi, (Ed.: Pegler D.N., Roberts P.J., and Spooner B.M.): 114 pp. (1997), p. 24-25
D+I:, in Pegler, D.N., Roberts, P.J. & Spooner, B.M., British Chanterelles and Tooth Fungi: an account of the British Cantharelloid and stipitate Hydnoid Fungi, (Ed.: Pegler D.N., Roberts P.J., and Spooner B.M.): 114 pp. (1997), p. 28-29
D+I:, in Breitenbach, J., Kränzlin, F., Fungi of Switzerland Non gilled fungi, Heterobasidiomycetes, Aphyllophorales, Gasteromycetes 2: 412 pp. (1986), p. 370, pl. 481
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), p. 261

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