Synonymy:
Merulius cibarius (Fr.) Westend., Herb. crypt. Belg.: no. 340 (1849)
Craterellus cibarius (Fr.) Quél., Fl. mycol. France (Paris): 37 (1888)

Agaricus chantarellus L., Sp. pl. 2: 1171 (1753)
Merulius chantarellus (L.) Scop., Fl. carniol., Edn 2 (Wien) 2: 461 (1772)
Cantharellus flavescens Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. (Paris): 694 (1785)
Hyponevris cantharella (L.) Paulet [as 'cantharella'], Traité des champignons (Paris) 2: 128, tab. 36, fig. 1-5 (1808) [1793]
Cantharellus vulgaris Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. (London) 1: 636 (1821)
Chanterel chantarellus (L.) Murrill, N. Amer. Fl. (New York) 9(3): 169 (1910)

Agaricus alectorolophoides Schaeff., Fung. bavar. palat. nasc. (Ratisbonae) 4: 46 (1774)
Merulius alectorolophoides (Schaeff.) J.F. Gmel., Syst. Nat., Edn 13 2(2): 1430 (1792)
Chanterel alectorolophoides (Schaeff.) Murrill, N. Amer. Fl. (New York) 9(3): 169 (1910)

Agaricus chantarellus Bolton, Hist. fung. Halifax (Huddersfield) 2: 62 (1788)

Cantharellus rufipes Gillet, Les Hyménomycètes ou Description de tous les Champignons (Fungi) qui Croissent en France avec l'indication de leurs propriétés utiles ou vénéneuses (Alençon): 13 (1874) [1878]
Cantharellus cibarius var. rufipes (Gillet) Cooke, Handb. Brit. Fungi, 2nd Edn: 339 (1883)

Cantharellus luteus Wettst., Verh. Kaiserl.-Königl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 35: 568 (1886) [1885]

Cantharellus cibarius var. multiramis Peck, Ann. Rep. Reg. N.Y. St. Mus. 53: 856 (1901) [1900]

Cantharellus cibarius var. longipes Peck, Bull. N.Y. St. Mus. 67: 24 (1903)

Cantharellus cibarius var. albipes Peck, Bull. N.Y. St. Mus. 67: 37 (1903)

Cantharellus cibarius f. neglectus M. Souché, Bull. Soc. Mycol. France 20: 39 (1904)
Cantharellus cibarius var. neglectus (M. Souché) Sacc. & D. Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 17: 34 (1905)
Cantharellus neglectus (M. Souché) Eyssart. & Buyck, Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 116(2): 121 (2000)

Cantharellus cibarius subsp. squamulosus A. Blytt, Skr. VidenskSelsk. Christiania, Kl. I, Math.-Natur.(no. 6): 108 (1905) [1904]
Cantharellus cibarius var. squamulosus (A. Blytt) Eyssart. & Buyck, Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 116(2): 113 (2000)

Cantharellus cibarius var. squamosus Pöll bis ex Murr, Öst. bot. Z. 66(3-4): 91 (1916)

Cantharellus edulis Sacc., Fl. ital. crypt., Hymeniales (Genoa) 1: 456 (1916)

Cantharellus cibarius var. pallidus R. Schulz, in Michael & Schulz, Führ. Pilzfr., 1 Edn 5 (Berlin) 1: pl. 82 [text] (1924) [1923]
Cantharellus cibarius f. pallidus (R. Schulz) Olariaga, Moreno, Manjón, Salcedo, V. Hofst., D. Rodr. & Buyck, Fungal Diversity 83(1): 278 (2016) [2017]

Cantharellus cibarius var. salmoneus L. Corb., Mém. Soc. natn. Sci. nat. Cherbourg 40(2): 123 (1929)

Cantharellus cibarius var. albidus Maire, Publ. Inst. Bot. Barcelona 3(no. 4): 49 (1937)

Cantharellus cibarius var. inodorus Velen., Novitates Mycologicae Novissimae: 36 (1940) [1939]

Cantharellus cibarius var. latifolius Heinem., Bull. Jard. bot. État Brux. 36: 340 (1966)

Cantharellus cibarius var. pallidifolius A.H. Sm., Michigan Bot. 7: 166 (1968)

Cantharellus cibarius var. flavipes R. Heim ex Eyssart. & Buyck, Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 116(2): 107 (2000)

Cantharellus cibarius var. umbrinus R. Heim ex Eyssart. & Buyck, Bull. Trimestriel Soc. Mycol. France 116(2): 113 (2000)

Position in classification:
Cantharellus, Hydnaceae, Cantharellales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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