:''As established by Cossmann in 1885, ''Goossensia'' is a mollusc genus in family Carditidae. As invalidly described by Ragonot in 1891, it refers to the snout moth genus '' Macna. ''Goossensia'' is a fungal

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

in the family

Cantharellaceae The Cantharellaceae are a family of fungi in the order Cantharellales. The family contains the chanterelles and related species, a group of fungi that superficially resemble agarics (gilled mushrooms) but have smooth, wrinkled, or gill-like hyme ...

. It is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

genus, and contains one species, ''Goossensia cibarioides'', found in the Congo. The genus was circumscribed by the Belgian mycologist

Paul Heinemann Paul Heinemann (February 16, 1916 – June 18, 1996) was a Belgian botanist and mycologist. Heinemann specialized in African mycology. In his long career, he published 435 names, including 2 families, 6 genera, 346 species, and 40 varieties. His c ...

in 1958. ''G. cibarioides'' is a bright yellow-orange mushroom that somewhat resembles the Fragrant Chanterelle (''

Cantharellus ''Cantharellus'' is a genus of popular edible mushrooms, commonly known as chanterelles, a name which can also refer to the type species, '' Cantharellus cibarius''. They are mycorrhizal fungi, meaning they form symbiotic associations with plant ...

odoratus''), but has a very watery stipe. It is edible.

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q5584155 Cantharellaceae Edible fungi Fungi of Africa Monotypic Basidiomycota genera