Lentinula
Genus of fungi
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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]
| Lentinula | |
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| Lentinula edodes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinula Earle |
| Type species | |
| Lentinula cubensis | |
| Species[1] | |
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Species
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
 | Lentinula aciculospora R.H. Petersen 2000 | Costa Rica |
 | Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler 1976 | Subtropical America |
 | Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler 1976 | Asia |
 | Lentinula guarapiensis (Speg.) Pegler 1983 | Paraguay |
| Lentinula ixodes (Secr. ex Mont.) J.S. Oliveira, T.S. Cabral, Vargas-Isla & N.K. Ishik. 2022 | Amazon rainforest | |
_Pegler_14567.jpg) | Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler 1983 | South-east Asia and Australasia |
| Lentinula madagasikarensis Buyck, Randrianjohany & Looney 2021 | Madagascar | |
 | Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G. Stev.) Pegler 1983 | New Zealand |
 | Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H. Petersen 2001 | Amazon rainforest |
| Lentinula reticeps (Mont.) Murrill (1915) | United States | |