Lentinula

Lentinula
"Lentinula edodes"
Lentinula edodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Omphalotaceae
Genus: Lentinula
Earle
Type species
Lentinula cubensis
Species[1]

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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,[2] and as of 2023 contains ten species,[3] principally found in tropical regions.[4]

Species

Image Scientific name Distribution
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

  1. ^ "Lentinula". MycoBank. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. ^ Earle FS. (1909). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 5: 373–451 (see p. 416).
  3. ^ "Lentinula (genus in Omphalotaceae)". COL. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  4. ^ 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.

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