Rubrini is a subgenus of fungi in the genus Cantharellus with species found in Africa and Madagascar.

Description Fruiting bodies are fleshy, variable in size hymenophore very variable from smooth to gilled and forked. Clamp connections are absent on hyphal endings.

Taxonomy The subgenus was established in 2013 based on phylogenetic analysis Species Accepted species: Image Scientific name Year Mycorrhizal association Distribution C. albidolutescens 2014 Madagascar C. albidosquamosus 2020Uapaca acuminata Cameroon C. alboroseus 2014 Congo C. ambohitantelyensis 2014 Madagascar C. brunneopallidus 2019 Madagascar C. cibarioides 2014 Gilbertiodendron dewevrei Congo C. densifolius 1958 Gilbertiodendron dewevrei Democratic Republic of Congo and southern Central African Republic, Tanzania C. densilamellatus 2019 Tanzania C. eucalyptorum 2015 Madagascar C. gracilis 2012 Tanzania C. griseotinctus 2019 Madagascar C. heinemannianus 1998 Zambia C. humidicolus 2012 Tanzania C. ibityensis 2014 Madagascar C. isabellinus 1958 Tanzania C. luteopunctatus 1958 Gilbertiodendron dewevrei Congo, Cameroon C. minutissimus 2016 Cameroon C. miomboensis 2012 Tanzania C. parvisporus 2018 Tanzania C. paucifurcatus 2015 Madagascar C. ruber 1966 Tanzania C. sebosus 2014 Madagascar C. subfloridulus 2018 Gilbertiodendron dewevrei Central African Republic C. sublaevis 2014 Congo C. tanzanicus 2012 Madagascar C. tomentosoides 2019 Central African Republic C. tomentosus 2020 Tanzania C. tricolor 2015 Madagascar

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