鸡油菌属(Cantharellus)常被人认为与珊瑚状真菌关系接近。从形态上看,鸡油菌属主要具有如下特点: (1)菌盖半球形但常下压,具脐突或漏斗状,多为1~5cm宽。 (2)子实层体常为厚褶皱或棱纹,往往分叉或网结。 (3)菌柄与菌盖界限不明显。 (4)孢子印白色,带黄色,浅黑色或带粉色。笔者1989年9月自辽宁千山采到一具上述特征的真菌,经鉴定为灰白鸡油菌,Cantharellus cinereus Fr系国内新记录种, Cantharellus is often thought to have a close relationship with coral-like fungi. From the morphological point of view, chanterelles mainly has the following characteristics: (1) cap hemispherical but often under pressure, with umbilicus or funnel-shaped, mostly 1 ~ 5cm wide. (2) The fruiting body is often thickly folds or ribs, often branched or knotted. (3) stigma and cap is not obvious. (4) spores printed white, with yellow, light black or pink. The author collected from Qianshan in Liaoning Province in September 1989 one of the above-mentioned fungi, identified as Cantharellus cinereus Fr, a new recorded domestic species,