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 | |
|---|---|
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| Lentinula edodes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinula Earle |
| Type species | |
| Lentinula cubensis | |
| Species[1] | |
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Species
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
 | Lentinula aciculospora | Costa Rica |
.jpg.webp) | Lentinula boryana | subtropical America |
 | Lentinula edodes | Asia |
| Lentinula guarapiensis | Paraguay. | |
_Pegler_14567.jpg.webp) | Lentinula lateritia | South-east Asia and Australasia |
| Lentinula novae-zelandiae | New Zealand | |
| Lentinula raphanica | subtropical America | |
| Lentinula reticeps | ||
See also
References
- "Lentinula" (html). MycoBank. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
- Earle FS. (1909). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 5: 373–451 (see p. 416).
- 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.
Further reading
- Guzman, G.; Salmones, D.; Tapia, F. (1997). "Lentinula boryana: morphological variations, taxonomic position, distribution and relationships with Lentinula edodes and related species". Reports of the Tottori Mycological Institute. 35: 1–28.
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