Lentinula

Taxobox
name = "Lentinula"

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image_caption = "Lentinula edodes"
image_width = 200px
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Tricholomataceae or Marasmiaceae or Omphalotaceae
genus = "Lentinula"
genus_authority = 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.

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. ( [http://trophort.com/004/495/004495199.html abstract] )