Lentinula

Lentinula is a small genus of wood-inhabiting agarics. The neotropical species Lentinula boryana (= L. cubensis) is the type species. However, the best-known species is L. edodes, the shiitake. The genus, erected by Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909,[2] contains eight species, principally found in tropical regions.[3]

Lentinula
Lentinula edodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Omphalotaceae
Genus: Lentinula
Earle
Type species
Lentinula cubensis
Species[1]

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Lentinula aciculosporaCosta Rica
Lentinula boryanasubtropical America
Lentinula edodesAsia
Lentinula guarapiensisParaguay.
Lentinula lateritia
Lentinula novae-zelandiaeNew Zealand
Lentinula raphanicasubtropical America
Lentinula reticeps

See also

References

  1. "Lentinula" (html). MycoBank. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. Earle FS. (1909). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 5: 373–451 (see p. 416).
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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