| Goossensia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Cantharellales |
| Family: | Cantharellaceae |
| Genus: | Goossensia Heinem. (1958) |
| Type species | |
| Goossensia cibarioides Heinem. (1958) |
|
Goossensia is a fungal genus in the Cantharellaceae family. It is a monotypic genus, and contains one species, Goossensia cibarioides, found in the Congo. The genus was circumscribed by the Belgian mycologist Paul Heinemann in 1958. G. cibarioides is a bright yellow-orange mushroom that somewhat resembles Cantharellus odoratus, but has a very watery stipe. It is edible.[1]