Lentinus

Genus of fungi

Lentinus
Lentinus tigrinus, Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Lentinus
Fr. (1825)[1]
Type species
Lentinus crinitus
(L.) Fr. (1825)
Synonyms[2]
  • Pocillaria P.Browne (1756)
  • Digitellus Paulet (1791)
  • Lentodium Morgan (1895)
  • Lentodiellum Murrill (1915)

Lentinus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in subtropical regions.[3]

The genus name Lentinus is derived from the Latin lent, meaning "pliable", and inus, meaning "resembling".

Species

Lentinus berteroi
Lentinus squarrosulus
Lentinus swartzii

As of July 2017[update], Index Fungorum accepts 120 species of Lentinus.[4] The genus includes:

  • L. anastomosans Rick (1938)
  • L. anthocephalus (Lév.) Pegler (1971)
  • L. araucariae Har. & Pat. (1903)
  • L. arcularius (Batsch) Zmitr. (2010)
  • L. atrobrunneus Pegler (1971)
  • L. badius (Berk.) Berk. (1847)
  • L. baguirmiensis Pat. & Har. (1908)
  • L. bambusinus T.K.A.Kumar & Manim. (2005)
  • L. berteroi (Fr.) Fr. (1825)
  • L. brumalis (Pers.) Zmitr. (2010)
  • L. brunneofloccosus Pegler (1971)
  • L. caesariatus Pat. (1924)
  • L. calyx (Speg.) Pegler (1983)
  • L. campinensis Teixeira (1946)
  • L. candidus P.W.Graff (1913)
  • L. chordalis Lloyd (1919)
  • L. chudaei Har. & Pat. (1912)
  • L. cochlearis (Pers.) Bres. (1903)
  • L. concavus (Berk.) Corner (1981)
  • L. concentricus Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
  • L. concinnus Pat. (1892)
  • L. connatus Berk. (1842)
  • L. copulatus (Ehrenb.) Henn. (1898)
  • L. cordubensis Speg. (1902)
  • L. courtetianus Har. & Pat. (1909)
  • L. crinitus (L.) Fr. (1825)
  • L. densifolius R.Heim & L.Rémy (1926)
  • L. dicholamellatus Manim. (2004)
  • L. egregius Massee (1910)
  • L. elmeri Bres. (1912)
  • L. elmerianus Lloyd (1922)
  • L. erosus Lloyd (1925)
  • L. erringtonii Pat. & Har. (1900)
  • L. fasciatus Berk. (1840)
  • L. favoloides R.Heim (1964)
  • L. flexipes Zmitr. & Kovalenko (2016)
  • L. floridanus (Murrill) Murrill (1943)
  • L. fluxus Herp. (1912)
  • L. freemanii Murrill (1919)
  • L. fuscoexactus Lloyd (1922)
  • L. fuscus Lloyd (1925)
  • L. fusipes Cooke & Massee (1887)
  • L. gibbsiae A.L.Sm. (1909)
  • L. glabratus Mont. (1842)
  • L. gogoensis Har. & Pat. (1909)
  • L. goossensiae Beeli (1928)
  • L. graminicola Murrill (1911)
  • L. huensis Lloyd (1922)
  • L. integrus Reichert (1921)
  • L. inverseconicus Pat. (1923)
  • L. isabellina Lloyd (1922)
  • L. lagunensis P.W.Graff (1913)
  • L. lamelliporus Har. & Pat. (1902)
  • L. lateripes Lloyd (1922)
  • L. ledermannii Pilát (1936)
  • L. lepideus Fr. (choice edible)[5]
  • L. levis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill (1915) (edible when young)[6]
  • L. lividus Beeli (1928)
  • L. luteoapplanatus Beeli (1928)
  • L. macgregorii P.W.Graff (1913)
  • L. martianoffianus Kalchbr. (1877)
  • L. megacystidiatus Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
  • L. melzeri Velen. (1920)
  • L. meridionalis (A. David) Jargeat, Corriol & J.-P. Chaumeton (2023)
  • L. metatensis Bacc. (1917)
  • L. mitissimus Bigeard & H.Guill. (1913)
  • L. mollipes Pat. (1917)
  • L. nigro-osseus Pilát (1936)
  • L. nigroglaber Lloyd (1923)
  • L. nigroglabrus Lloyd (1923)
  • L. ochraceus Lloyd (1920)
  • L. ochroleucus Beeli (1928)
  • L. omphalopsis Reichert (1921)
  • L. orizabensis Murrill (1915)
  • L. palauensis Imazeki (1941)
  • L. palmeri (Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)
  • L. panziensis Singer (1973)
  • L. papillatus (Henn.) Henn. (1905)
  • L. pertenuis Lloyd (1922)
  • L. phillipsii Van der Byl (1926)
  • L. pholiotaeformis Velen. (1939)
  • L. pilososquamulosus Lj.N.Vassiljeva (1973)
  • L. piperatus Beeli (1928)
  • L. polychrous Lév. (1844)
  • L. prancei Singer (1981)
  • L. prolifer (Pat. & Har.) D.A.Reid (1977)
  • L. pulcherrimus Sumst. (1907)
  • L. ramosii Lloyd (1923)
  • L. ramosipes Har. & Pat. (1909)
  • L. retinervis Pegler (1983)
  • L. roseus Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
  • L. rubescens Velen. (1939)
  • L. sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr. (1838)
  • L. samarensis Pilát (1941)
  • L. sayanus Singer (1952)
  • L. sclerogenus Sacc. (1916)
  • L. scleropus (Pers.) Fr. (1836)
  • L. sibiricus Pilát (1936)
  • L. similans (Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)
  • L. squamosus Quél. (1888)
  • L. squarrosulus Mont. (1842)
  • L. striatulus Lév. (1846)
  • L. stuppeus Klotzsch (1833)
  • L. subdulcis Berk. (1851)
  • L. subscyphoides Murrill (1911)
  • L. swartzii Berk. (1843)
  • L. terrestris Lloyd (1925)
  • L. thomensis Cout. (1925)
  • L. tigrinoides Corner (1981)
  • L. tigrinus (Bull.) Fr. (1825)
  • L. tuber-regium (Fr.) Fr. (1836)
  • L. umbrinus Reichardt (1866)
  • L. velutinus Fr. (1830)
  • L. vestidus (Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1912)
  • L. villosus Klotzsch (1833)
  • L. zelandicus Sacc. & Cub. (1887)
  • L. zenkerianus Henn. (1905)
  • L. zeyheri Berk. (1843)

Some molecular studies showed that some Polyporus species belong to the Lentinus-radiation.[7]

References

  1. ^ Fries, E.M. (1825). Systema Orbis Vegetabilis (in Latin). e Typographia academica. p. 77.
  2. ^ "Synonymy: Lentinus Fr". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  3. ^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 30th June 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  5. ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  6. ^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
  7. ^ Zmitrovich, Ivan V.; Kovalenko, Alexander E. (2016). "Lentinoid and polyporoid fungi, two generic conglomerates containing important medicinal mushrooms in molecular perspective" (PDF). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. 18 (1): 23–38. doi:10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i1.40. PMID 27279442.
Taxon identifiers
Lentinus
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