Lentinula

Lentinula
	Lentinula edodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Omphalotaceae
Genus:	Lentinula; Earle
Type species
	; (Berk. & Curtis) Earle ex Pegler
Species
	Lentinula aciculospora R.H. Petersen 2000; (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler 1976; Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler 1976; Lentinula guarapiensis (Speg.) Pegler 1983; Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler 1983; (G. Stev.) Pegler 1983; (Murrill) & R.H. Petersen 2001;

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]

Species[]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Lentinula aciculospora	Costa Rica
		subtropical America
	Lentinula edodes	Asia
	Lentinula guarapiensis	Paraguay.
	Lentinula lateritia	South-east Asia and Australasia
		New Zealand
		subtropical America
	Lentinula reticeps

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.

External links[]

"Lentinula Earle". Atlas of Living Australia.

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[1] "Lentinula" (html). MycoBank. Retrieved 26 February 2019.

[Earle1909-2] Earle FS. (1909). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 5: 373–451 (see p. 416).

[Kirk2008-3] 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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Lentinula

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