Lentinula
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| Lentinula | |
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| Lentinula edodes | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinula Earle |
| Type species | |
| Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler |
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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, erected by Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909,[1] contains eight species, especially in tropical regions.[2]
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[edit] Species
- Lentinula aciculospora
- Lentinula boryana
- Lentinula edodes
- Lentinula guarapiensis
- Lentinula lateritia
- Lentinula novae-zelandiae
- Lentinula raphanica
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Earle FS. (1909). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden 5: 373–451 (see p. 416).
- ^ 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.
[edit] 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. (abstract)
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