Lentinula aciculospora
Lentinula aciculospora | |
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Lentinula Aciculospora found in Poás Volcano National Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Omphalotaceae |
Genus: | Lentinula |
Species: | L. aciculospora
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Binomial name | |
Lentinula aciculospora & R.H.Petersen (2001)
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Lentinula aciculospora is a species of agaric fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. Described as new to science in 2001, it is known only from Costa Rica, where it grows on oak wood. Fruitbodies are similar in external appearance to others members of the genus Lentinula (including shiitake), but L. aciculospora can be distinguished from those species microscopically by its distinctive elongated, cylindrical spores.[1]
References[]
- ^ Mata JL, Petersen RH. (2001). "A new species of Lentinula (Agaricales) from Central America". Mycoscience. 41 (4): 351–5. doi:10.1007/BF02463948. S2CID 84694913.
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Categories:
- Fungi described in 2001
- Fungi of Central America
- Taxa named by Ron Petersen
- Agaricales stubs