Lentinula

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Lentinula
Lentinula edodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Phylum: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Tricholomataceae or Marasmiaceae or Omphalotaceae Genus: Lentinula Earle
Type species
Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler

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.

[edit] References

• 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. (abstract)