Lentinula
Lentinula | |
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Lentinula edodes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Omphalotaceae |
Genus: | Lentinula Earle |
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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 |
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Lentinula aciculospora | Costa Rica |
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subtropical America | |
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Lentinula edodes | Asia |
Lentinula guarapiensis | Paraguay. | |
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Lentinula lateritia | South-east Asia and Australasia |
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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.
External links[]
- "Lentinula Earle". Atlas of Living Australia.
Categories:
- Marasmiaceae
- Agaricales genera
- Marasmiaceae stubs