 The genera Craterellus and "Cantharellus" have always been recognized as closely related.The whole group may be recognized by their lack of division into cap and stipe, and their rudimentary or missing gills ("false gills").Originally "Cantharellus" was defined by Fries in 1821 to mean all these species together and then in 1825 Persoon separated some species off to create the Craterellus group, with "Cr.