Cantharellus

noun

Can·​tha·​rel·​lus

ˈkan(t)thəˈreləs

: a genus of fungi (family Agaricaceae) distinguished from other white-spored agarics by the low ridgelike and sometimes forked gills of the pileus and including the chanterelle

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, diminutive of Latin cantharus drinking vessel

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