Lentinula boryana

Lentinula boryana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Omphalotaceae
Genus:	Lentinula
Species:	L. boryana
Binomial name
	Lentinula boryana; (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler, 1976
Synonyms
	Lentinula cubensis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Earle ex Pegler, 1983; Lentinula boryanus (Berk. & Mont.) Singer, 1955; Lentinula alliaceus Murrill, 1943; Lentinula alliacea (Murrill) Murrill, 1943; Lentinula puiggarii Speg., 1919; Lentinula boryanus (Berk. & Mont.) Murrill, 1916; Lentinula detonsa (Fr.) Murrill, 1911; Lentinula umbilicata (Pat.) Sacc. & P. Syd., 1902; Lentinula umbilicata Pat., 1899; Lentinula proxima (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Kuntze, 1891; Lentinula detonsa (Fr.) Kuntze, 1891; Lentinula cubensis (Berk. & M. A. Curtis) Kuntze, 1891; Lentinula proximus Berk. & M. A. Curtis, 1868; Lentinula cubensis Berk. & M. A. Curtis, 1868; Lentinula cubensis Berk. & M. A. Curtis, 1868; Lentinula leprieurii Mont., 1854; Lentinula detonsus Fr., 1851; Lentinula boryanus Berk. & Mont., 1849

Lentinula boryana is a species of edible^[1] agaric fungus in the family Omphalotaceae that is found in subtropical^{[verification needed]} Americas. Originally described as Agaricus boryanus by Miles Joseph Berkeley & Camille Montagne in 1849, it was moved to the genus Lentinula and given its current name by David Pegler in 1976. It is the type species of the genus Lentinula.

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This species has been recorded as a favored food of the pleasing fungus beetles Tritoma atriventris, T.erythrocephala and T.humeralis, which are often found together on the same fungus and may be conspecific.^[2]

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