Lentinus sajor-caju
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| Lentinus sajor-caju | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinus |
| Species: | L. sajor-caju |
| Binomial name | |
| Lentinus sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr. (1838) | |
| Synonyms | |
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| Lentinus sajor-caju | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is infundibuliform |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe has a ring |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
Lentinus sajor-caju (formerly Pleurotus sajor-caju) is a species of mushroom from Polyporaceae family.
The current name Lentinus sajor-caju was named by Elias Magnus Fries in 1838.
The name Pleurotus sajor-caju is often incorrectly used by cultivator-mycologists for Pleurotus pulmonarius, a commonly cultivated species of oyster mushroom.[1][2]
Description
- Pileus: 4–8 cm, infundibuliform, white to yellowish brown to light brown
- Gills: Decurrent
- Spore print: White
- Stipe: White and short, with an annulus (ring)
- Odour: Not distinct[3]
Comparison to Pleurotus pulmonarius
- L. sajor-caju has an annulus (ring on the stipe), P. pulmonarius has a bare stipe.[1][3]
- L. sajor-caju is composed of trimitic or dimitic hyphae. P. pulmonarius is monomitic.[1]
