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''Lentinus'' is a
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genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of fungi
A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...
in the family Polyporaceae
The Polyporaceae () are a family (biology), family of polypore, poroid fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The trama (mycology), flesh of their basidiocarp, fruit bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the dryad's saddle illustrated) to v ...
. The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in subtropical
The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical zone, geographical and Köppen climate classification, climate zones immediately to the Northern Hemisphere, north and Southern Hemisphere, south of the tropics. Geographically part of the Ge ...
regions.
The genus name ''Lentinus'' is derived from the Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
''lent'', meaning "pliable", and ''inus'', meaning "resembling".
Species
, Index Fungorum
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accepts 120 species of ''Lentinus''. 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)
*'' L. levis'' (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill (1915) (edible when young)
*'' 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
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studies showed that some '' Polyporus'' species belong to the ''Lentinus''-radiation.
References
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries Polyporaceae Polyporales genera Taxa described in 1825 Long stubs with short prose {{Polyporales-stub