| Cantharellus flavus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Cantharellales |
| Family: | Cantharellaceae |
| Genus: | Cantharellus |
| Species: | C. flavus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cantharellus flavus M.J. Foltz & T.J.Volk
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Cantharellus flavus | |
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 | Ridges on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or infundibuliform |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is yellow |
 | Ecology is mycorrhizal |
 | Edibility is edible |
Cantharellus flavus, also called the American golden chanterelle, Eastern yellow chanterelle or Midwestern yellow chanterelle, is a species of fungus in the genus Cantharellus.[1][2] Found in North America, it is an edible mushroom.
- ^ Foltz, Matthew J. (August 2011). Systematics and molecular phylogeny of Cantharellus spp. in western Wisconsin (Master of Science in Biology thesis).
- ^ Foltz, Matthew J.; Perez, Kathryn E.; Volk, Thomas J. (2013). "Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal three new species of Cantharellus within 20 m of one another in western Wisconsin, USA". Mycologia. 105 (2): 447–461. ISSN 0027-5514.