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 was erected by Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909,[2] and as of 2023 contains ten species,[3] principally found in tropical regions.[4]
| Lentinula | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Lentinula edodes | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Basidiomycota | 
| Class: | Agaricomycetes | 
| Order: | Agaricales | 
| Family: | Omphalotaceae | 
| Genus: | Lentinula Earle | 
| Type species | |
| Lentinula cubensis | |
| Species[1] | |
| See text | |
Species
    
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution | 
|---|---|---|
|  | Lentinula aciculospora R.H. Petersen 2000 | Costa Rica | 
| .jpg.webp) | Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler 1976 | Subtropical America | 
|  | Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler 1976 | Asia | 
| Lentinula guarapiensis (Speg.) Pegler 1983 | Paraguay | |
| Lentinula ixodes (Secr. ex Mont.) J.S. Oliveira, T.S. Cabral, Vargas-Isla & N.K. Ishik. 2022 | Amazon rainforest | |
| _Pegler_14567.jpg.webp) | Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler 1983 | South-east Asia and Australasia | 
| Lentinula madagasikarensis Buyck, Randrianjohany & Looney 2021 | Madagascar | |
|  | Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G. Stev.) Pegler 1983 | New Zealand | 
|  | Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H. Petersen 2001 | Amazon rainforest | 
| Lentinula reticeps (Mont.) Murrill (1915) | United States | |
See also
    
    
References
    
- "Lentinula". 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).
- "Lentinula (genus in Omphalotaceae)". COL. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
- 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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