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Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Key Genera in Profile

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Chanterelles (Cantharellus spp.) have been known since medieval times (Lobelius 1581) as some of the most appreciated edible mushrooms (Danell 1994a). The current world market is estimated at £1 billion (Watling 1997). The number of described Cantharellus species worldwide exceeds 70. The genus is known from every forested continent where it is associated with a wide range of host genera (Corner 1966, 1969; Donk 1969; Petersen 1979; Nuhamara 1987; Thoen and Ba 1989; Watling and Abraham 1992; Danell 1994a; Pegler et al. 1997). Its economical and gastronomical value, the recent development of cultivation techniques, its ability to form long-lived ectomycorrhizal (ECM) associations, its insect repellent traits, sporocarp phototropism, decline in central Europe, symbiosis with bacteria and phylogenetic distance from other basidiomycetes have caused an increased interest in this genus. These aspects are reviewed below, but the reader may also contact the scientists involved in current research via the internet: http://www.mykopat.slu.se/mycorrhiza/edible/home.phtml.

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Danell, E. (1999). Cantharellus. In: Cairney, J.W.G., Chambers, S.M. (eds) Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Key Genera in Profile. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06827-4_10

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