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Feibelan, T., P. Bayan, et al. (1994). Length variation in the internal transcribed spacer of ribosomal DNA in chanterelles. Mycological Research. 98(6): 614-618.
DNA was extracted from 31 basidiomes of Cantharellus, Craterellus, and other basidiomycetes considered to have affinities to the Cantharellaceae. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) between the 18S and the 28S genes of the nuclear ribosomal DNA was amplified using the polymerase chain reaction. Except for Cantharellus tubaeformis and Cantharellus infundibuliformis, the ITS region was longer in the Cantharellaceae than in the other fungi tested, and highly variable in length. The ITS-1 region between the 18S and the 5.8S genes was the site of most variation. The Cantharellus cibarius group had the longest ITS-1, ranging from 820 to 1100 base pairs (bp), compared with 240 to 350 bp in other basidiomycetes. Chanterelles have the longest and most variable ITS region yet described for fungi.

Feibelman, T., J. W. Bennett, et al. (1995). A molecular approach to the systematics of the Cantharellaceae. Abstracts of the General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. 95(0): 486.
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Feibelman, T. P., J. W. Bennett, et al. (1996). Cantharellus tabernensis: A new species from the southeastern United States.” Mycologia. 88(2): 295-301.
A new species, Cantharellus tabernensis, is described from mixed pine and hardwood forests of southern Mississippi. A yellowish brown pileus with a dark brown disk and a bright orange hymenophore and stipe morphologically separate this chanterelle from other species. The new species is shown to have a long internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA, consistent with other Cantharellus species. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the 5' end of the nuclear large ribosomal subunit gene supports the status of C. tabernensis as a distinct species.

Feibelman, T. P., R. L. Doudrick, et al. (1997). Phylogenetic relationships within the Cantharellaceae inferred from sequence analysis of the nuclear large subunit rDNA. Mycological Research. 101(12): 1423-1430.
DNA was extracted from dried specimens of nine taxa of the Cantharellaceae. Approximately 325 bases near the 5' end of the nuclear 28S ribosomal gene were sequenced, and the sequences were compared. Sequence analyses demonstrated that Cantharellus and Craterellus should be treated as distinct genera. The phylogeny generated using parsimony suggests that Cantharellus tubaeformis and Pseudocraterellus sinuosus should be considered species of Craterellus. As a result of this study, we recognize the first...

Hiroi, M. and H. Tsuyuki (1992). Identification of dehydrocrepenynic acid in lipid of the Cantharellus luteocomus and its distribution in the Cantharellaceae and allied families. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan. 33(4): 517- 525.
Cis-9, cis-14 diene-12-yne-octadecanoic acid (dehydrocrepenynic acid) was detected as the main fatty acid of lipid in Cantharellus luteocomus. It was found in mushrooms of the Cantharellaceae, Clavulinaceae and Hydnaceae, but not in those of the Gomphaceae, Ramariacea, Clavariaceae, Climacodontaceae, Hericiaceae and Scutigeraceae. Analysis of this fatty acid seems to be useful for the classification of mushrooms of the Cantharellaceae and allied...

Molina, R., T. O'Dell, et al. (1993). Biology, ecology, and social aspects of wild edible mushrooms in the forests of the Pacific Northwest: A preface to managing commercial harvest. U S Forest Service General Technical Report PNW. 0(309): 1- 42.
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Mui, D., T. Feibelman, et al. (1998). A preliminary study of the carotenoids of some North American species of Cantharellus. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 159(2): 244- 248.
Color and carotenoid content are important characters both for identification of species and as indicators of taxonomic relationships within the chanterelles. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was used to compare pigment profiles of carotenoid pigments extracted from basidiocarps of Cantharellus cibarius, Cantharellus cibarius var. amethysteus, Cantharellus lateritius, and Cantharellus tabernensis. beta-Carotene was the main carotenoid detected in all four species.

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