Lentinula | |
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Lentinula edodes | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Omphalotaceae |
Genus: | Lentinula Earle |
Type species | |
Lentinula cubensis (Berk. & Curtis) Earle ex Pegler | |
Species | |
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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 was erected by Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909, and as of 2023 contains ten species, principally found in tropical regions.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Lentinula aciculospora R.H. Petersen 2000 | Costa Rica | |
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 | |
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.
External links
- "Lentinula Earle". Atlas of Living Australia.
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