Genus: Cantharellula

Cantharellula — genus of fungi of family Hygrophoraceae.

Fruit bodies of small and medium sizes, thin-fleshy, with flat or funnel-shaped caps and decurrent gills. About 10 species, in Russia one widely known - C. umbonata (humpback chanterelle).

Etymology

Cantharellula, Cantharellula. From Cantharellus, Cantharellus, Chanterelle (genus name) + ulus, a, um, terminal element with diminutive meaning.

Type species

Cantharellula umbonata (J.F. Gmel.) Singer, Revue Mycol., Paris 1: 281 (1936)