# Goossensia

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- *As established by Cossmann in 1885,*Goossensia*is a mollusc genus in family [Carditidae](/source/Carditidae). As [invalidly described](/source/Junior_homonym) by Ragonot in 1891, it refers to the snout moth genus*[Macna](/source/Macna).

***Goossensia*** is a fungal [genus](/source/Genus) in the family [Cantharellaceae](/source/Cantharellaceae). It is a [monotypic](/source/Monotypic) genus, and contains one species, ***Goossensia cibarioides***, found in the [Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo). The genus was circumscribed by the Belgian mycologist [Paul Heinemann](/source/Paul_Heinemann) in 1958.[1]

*G. cibarioides* is a bright yellow-orange mushroom that somewhat resembles the [Fragrant Chanterelle](/source/Fragrant_Chanterelle) (*[Cantharellus](/source/Cantharellus) [odoratus](/source/Cantharellus_odoratus)*), but has a very watery [stipe](/source/Stipe_(mycology)). It is [edible](/source/Edible_mushroom).[1]

## References

1. Heinemann P. (1958). "Champignons récoltés au Congo belge par Mme Goossens- Fontana. III. Cantharellineae" (in French). *Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles*. **28**: 385–438. [doi:10.2307/3667153](https://doi.org/10.2307/3667153). [JSTOR 3667153](https://www.jstor.org/stable/3667153)

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