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Cantharellus minor Peck
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- Scientific name
- Cantharellus minor
- Author
- Peck
- Common names
- IUCN Specialist Group
Mushroom, Bracket and Puffball- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Cantharellales
- Family
- Cantharellaceae
- Assessment status
- Published
- Assessment date
- 2021-03-19
- IUCN Red List Category
- LC
- Assessors
- Siegel, N.
- Reviewers
- Dahlberg, A.
Assessment Notes
The content on this page is fetched from The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/198623289/198623834
Justification
Cantharellus minor is a common and widespread species in eastern North American hardwood forests. Its occurrence in a habitat with no major decline support this species being listed as Least Concern (LC).Taxonomic notes
Cantharellus minor was described from New York, USA (Peck 1872). Cantharellus minor f. intensissimus was described from Tennessee, USA (Petersen 1979) as a small chanterelle with hemlock (Tsuga sp.): it is likely that this is a distinct species. Buyck et al. (2016) state that unpublished sequence data indicate one or more undescribed relatives of C. minor in North America; and records from outside of North America are likely to be misapplications of the name.Geographic range
Cantharellus minor is a widespread species in eastern North America. It ranges from eastern Texas to Florida, north to Quebec, Canada. It has also reported from Mexico; although these collections should be critically compared to collections from north-eastern USA to clarify their identity.Population and Trends
The population of Cantharellus minor is very widespread, occurring over much of eastern North American hardwood forests. The habitat is stable, and no decline has been reported. The potential Mexican subpopulations are declining due to habitat loss.
Population Trend: stable
