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Cantharellus

noun
Can·tha·rel·lus | \ ˈkan(t)thəˈreləs \

Definition of Cantharellus 

: 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

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History and Etymology for Cantharellus

New Latin, diminutive of Latin cantharus drinking vessel

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