Lentinus

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Lentinus
2016-04-07 Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr 611877.jpg
Lentinus tigrinus , Italy
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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]

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 2016-06-29 Lentinus berteroi (Fr.) Fr 630853.jpg
Lentinus berteroi
Lentinus squarrosulus Het khon khao ehdkh`nkhaaw Lentinus squarrosulus.jpg
Lentinus squarrosulus
Lentinus swartzii 6.lentinus.swa - Flickr - Dick Culbert.jpg
Lentinus swartzii

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

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

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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.


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