Goossensia

Goossensia is a fungal genus in the family Cantharellaceae.

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.

[1] G. cibarioides is a bright yellow-orange mushroom that somewhat resembles the Fragrant Chanterelle (Cantharellus odoratus), but has a very watery stipe.

It is edible.