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]

  1. ^ "Lentinula". MycoBank. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Earle1909 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference CoL2023 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirk2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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