Flag for Taxon: Smooth Chanterelle (Cantharellus lateritius)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fungee | Smooth Chanterelle (Cantharellus lateritius) |
I believe this is a species complex in the east of N. A., and lateritius maybe not one of them. @jameskm probably knows, still needs work to get the observations renamed though. |
Feb. 18, 2021 18:10:37 +0000 | pfau_tarleton |
Comments
Cool, I think we can start taking them all back to that then. I don't know if you caught on to what I was doing with all these flags or not. I was creating them and adding them on here. It's a list of things that need curation or are mis-ID'd. I also wrote it up in my journal post. Like I told @cooperj if you want me to put them elsewhere so you can keep your flags clean, I will. https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/computer-vision-clean-up-wiki/7281
I think flags need to be reserved for taxonomic changes. All taxa have misidentifications, and if all of them were flagged then flags would have no meaning.
Have taxonomic issues for this species been resolved?
Yes, Cantharellus sect. Sublaeves includes the two "smooth chanterelles" found in the eastern US, C. lateritius and C. flavolateritius, as well two Mexican and two Chinese taxa, all seemingly endemic to those regions. So C. lateritius is not a species complex but rather a species that is difficult or impossible to separate from C. flavolateritius in the field. I agree that using Cantharellus sect. Sublaeves or even the broader Cantharellus subgenus Cantharellus makes sense for identifying iNat observations that may fit these taxa. I think the flag is resolved.
I have implemented Cantharellus sect. Sublaeves, which includes C. lateritius, C. flavolateritius, and a Chinese species neither is likely to be confused with.