Lentinellus cochleatus
Lentinellus cochleatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Auriscalpiaceae |
Genus: | Lentinellus |
Species: | L. cochleatus
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Binomial name | |
Lentinellus cochleatus (Persoon) P. Karsten
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Lentinellus cochleatus | |
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gills on hymenium | |
cap is infundibuliform | |
hymenium is decurrent | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is white | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: inedible |
Lentinellus cochleatus, commonly known as the aniseed cockleshell, is a wood-inhabiting fungus. It has a mild aniseed odor and flavor.[1] Like all species in its genus, it is inedible due to its bitterness.[2]
References[]
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
External links[]
- Medicinal Mushrooms description and medicinal properties
- Roger's Mushrooms description
Categories:
- Russulales
- Fungi of Europe
- Inedible fungi
- Russulales stubs