Cantharellus ferruginascens P.D. Orton
(Pale Chanterelle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Cantharellus ferruginascens (Pale Chanterelle)
Genus	Cantharellus (chanterelles)
Family	CANTHARELLACEAE (chanterelles)
Order	CANTHARELLALES (chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Cantharellus ferruginascens is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Cantharellales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Orton, P.D.	1969	Notes on British Agarics III	Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol XXIX, No 1: 75-127.

Cantharellus ferruginascens (Pale Chanterelle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CANTHARELLACEAE
(chanterelles)

CANTHARELLALES
(chanterelles, hedgehog fungi and some fairy clubs and resupinates)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cantharellus ferruginascens (Pale Chanterelle)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cantharellus ferruginascens (Pale Chanterelle)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Cantharellus ferruginascens is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)