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Cantharellus amethysteus (Quél.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 482 (1887)

Craterellus amethysteus (Quél.) Quél., Fl. Mycol. France (Paris): 37 (1888)
Cantharellus cibarius var. amethysteus Quél., Enzyklopädie der Pilze Band 1: Leistlinge, Korallen, Porlinge, Röhrlinge, Kremplinge u.a. (München): 123 (1987)

Habitat: On soil, usually associated with deciduous trees such as Fagus or Quercus spp., but also occasionally reported with conifers.

Notes: Rarely reported but apparently widespread and may be locally frequent.

Distribution: E: !, S: !, W: !

Vouchers: England: K(M) 31222; Wales: K(M) 120752

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. 26-27
D:, in Hansen, I. & Knudsen, H., Nordic Macromycetes Heterobasidioid, Aphyllophoroid and Gasteromycetoid Basidiomycetes, (Ed.: Lise Hansen & Henning Knudsen) 3: 444 pp. (1997), as Cantharellus cibarius var. amethysteus, p. 261

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