| Lentinula | |
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| Lentinula edodes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinula Earle |
| Type species | |
| Lentinula cubensis | |
| Species1 | |
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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 |
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Lentinula aciculospora R.H. Petersen 2000 | Costa Rica |
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Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler 1976 | Subtropical America |
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Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler 1976 | Asia |
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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 | |
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Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler 1983 | South-east Asia and Australasia |
| Lentinula madagasikarensis Buyck, Randrianjohany & Looney 2021 | Madagascar | |
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Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G. Stev.) Pegler 1983 | New Zealand |
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Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H. Petersen 2001 | Amazon rainforest |
| Lentinula reticeps (Mont.) Murrill (1915) | United States |
References
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
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. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-01-20.