Fungalpedia – Note 61 Craterellus
Craterellus Pers.
Citation if using this entry: Bera et al. (2023) Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota. Mycosphere (in prep)
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In the phylogenetic study by Hibbett and Thorn (2001), a cantharelloid clade was first recognized to accommodate this morpho-diverse group of mushrooms which clustered with the chanterelles group. With Craterellus, the name Cantharellus has consistently been linked in the chanterelles group which is characterized mainly by the no strict division between the pileus and the stipe and the presence of “false gills” (Dahlman et al. 2000). Fries (1821) originally defined Cantharellus, but later Persoon (1825) separated some species with hollow stipes and erected Craterellus. However, the distinction between these two genera has always been controversial (Corner 1966, Petersen 1971). The genus Craterellus Pers., typified with C. cornucopioides (L.) Pers. (Persoon 1825), is currently a member of the family Hydnaceae of the order Cantharellales (Hibbett et al. 2014). The representatives of this genus have typical funnel-shaped basidiomata, with usually dark grey to blackish or yellowish coloured pileus (Corner 1966). The context of the stipe is always hollow in Craterellus (Corner 1966). The monophyly of the genus has been confirmed by the molecular phylogenetic study by Hibbett et al. (2014). Craterellus has been quite popular in culinary uses for its edibility and is an economically, medicinally, and ecologically important group of ectomycorrhizal mushrooms (Pilz et al. 2003, Trappe 2004). Many bioprospecting has been undertaken on species of Craterellus. For instance, the type species, C. cornucopioides has been revealed to have antihyperglycemic, antioxidative, and antitumor activities (Beluhan & Ranogajec 2011, Liu et al. 2012, Fan et al. 2014). Since its ethnomycological importance, Craterellus has been well documented in the northern temperate zones and also in tropics (Dahlman et al. 2000). Many species have been reported from the countries of Africa, America, and Asia (Dahlman et al. 2000, Matheny et al. 2010, Beluhan & Ranogajec 2011, Kumari et al. 2012, Wilson et al. 2012, Das et al. 2017, Hembrom et al. 2017, Bijeesh et al. 2018, Zhong et al. 2018, Zhang et al. 2020, Cao et al. 2021a, b, Zhang et al. 2022, Zhao et al. 2022) reflecting to the approximately 162 records of Craterellus (including infraspecific taxa) in Index Fungorum (http://www.indexfungorum.org). However, based on the phylogenetic analysis using nrITS and nrLSU marker genes, many species have been transferred to other genera (Zhao et al. 2022). As per MycoBank (https://www.mycobank.org/) nearly 100 names have been considered legitimate to date (Zhao et al. 2022).
Type species: Craterellus cornucopioides (L.) Pers.
Fig 1. Craterellus aureus (FHMU2100, FHMU6549) a. Basidiomata. b. Basidiospores. c. Basidia. d. Pileipellis. Scale bars: b-d = 10 μm. Drawn from Zhang et al. 2022.
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Cao T, Hu YP, Yu JR, Wei TZ, Yuan HS 2021b – A phylogenetic overview of the Hydnaceae (Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) with new taxa from China. Stud. Mycol., 99, 100–121. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166061621000087
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Zhang J, Wu DI, Deng CY, Zhang M, Dauner L, Wijayawardene NN 2020 – A new species of Craterellus (Cantharellales, Hydnaceae) from Guizhou Province, China. Phytotaxa, 472, 259–268. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.472.3.4
Zhang YZ, Zhang P, Buyck B, Tang LP, Liang ZQ, Su MS……Zeng NK 2022 – A Contribution to Knowledge of Craterellus (Hydnaceae, Cantharellales) in China: Three New Taxa and Amended Descriptions of Two Previous Species. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.906296/full
Zhao GP, Hu JJ, Tuo YL, Li Y, Zhang B 2022 – Two new species of Craterellus (Cantharellales, Hydnaceae) with veined hymenophore from north-eastern China. MycoKeys, 91, 97–111. https://mycokeys.pensoft.net/article/84730/
Zhong XR, Li TH, Jiang ZD, Deng WQ, Huang H 2018 – A new yellow species of Craterellus (Cantharellales, Hydnaceae) from China. Phytotaxa, 360, 35–44. https://www.biotaxa.org/Phytotaxa/article/view/phytotaxa.360.1.3
Entry by
Ishika Bera, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
(Edited by Kevin D Hyde)
Published online 4 September 2023