# Lentinula

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Lentinula edodes.jpg
| image_alt = "Lentinula edodes"
| image_caption = ''[Lentinula edodes](/source/Lentinula_edodes)''
| taxon = Lentinula
| authority = [Earle](/source/Franklin_Sumner_Earle)
| synonyms = 
| synonyms_ref = 
| type_species = ''[Lentinula cubensis](/source/Lentinula_cubensis)''
| type_species_authority = ([Berk.](/source/Miles_Joseph_Berkeley) & [Curtis](/source/Moses_Ashley_Curtis)) [Earle](/source/Franklin_Sumner_Earle) ex [Pegler](/source/David_Pegler)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=''Lentinula'' |url=http://www.mycobank.org/Biolomics.aspx?Table=Mycobank&MycoBankNr_=17924 |website=MycoBank |access-date=26 February 2019 |language=en }}</ref>
| subdivision = 
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}}

'''''Lentinula''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of wood-inhabiting [agarics](/source/agarics). The [neotropical](/source/neotropical) species ''Lentinula boryana'' (= ''L.&nbsp;cubensis'') is the [type species](/source/type_species). However, the best-known species is ''L.&nbsp;edodes'', the [shiitake](/source/shiitake). The genus was erected by [Franklin Sumner Earle](/source/Franklin_Sumner_Earle) in 1909,<ref name=Earle1909/> and as of 2023 contains ten species,<ref name=CoL2023/> principally found in [tropical](/source/tropical) regions.<ref name=Kirk2008/>

==Species==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Image !!  Scientific name !! Distribution
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|120px||''[Lentinula aciculospora](/source/Lentinula_aciculospora)'' <small>[R.H. Petersen](/source/Ron_Petersen) 2000</small>  ||Costa Rica
|- 
|120px|| ''[Lentinula boryana](/source/Lentinula_boryana)'' <small>([Berk.](/source/Miles_Joseph_Berkeley) & [Mont.](/source/Camille_Montagne)) [Pegler](/source/David_Pegler) 1976</small> ||Subtropical America
|- 
|120px|| ''[Lentinula edodes](/source/Lentinula_edodes)'' <small>([Berk.](/source/Miles_Joseph_Berkeley)) [Pegler](/source/David_Pegler) 1976</small> ||Asia
|- 
|120px|| ''[Lentinula guarapiensis](/source/Lentinula_guarapiensis)'' <small>([Speg.](/source/Carlo_Luigi_Spegazzini)) [Pegler](/source/David_Pegler) 1983</small> ||Paraguay
|-
|
|''[Lentinula ixodes](/source/Lentinula_ixodes)'' <small>(Secr. ex Mont.) J.S. Oliveira, T.S. Cabral, Vargas-Isla & N.K. Ishik. 2022</small>
|Amazon rainforest
|- 
|120px|| ''[Lentinula lateritia](/source/Lentinula_lateritia)'' <small>([Berk.](/source/Miles_Joseph_Berkeley)) [Pegler](/source/David_Pegler) 1983</small> || South-east Asia and Australasia
|-
|
|''[Lentinula madagasikarensis](/source/Lentinula_madagasikarensis)'' <small>Buyck, Randrianjohany & Looney 2021</small>
|Madagascar
|- 
|120px|| ''[Lentinula novae-zelandiae](/source/Lentinula_novae-zelandiae)'' <small>([G. Stev.](/source/Greta_Stevenson)) [Pegler](/source/David_Pegler) 1983</small> ||New Zealand
|- 
|120px|| ''[Lentinula raphanica](/source/Lentinula_raphanica)'' <small>([Murrill](/source/William_Murrill)) [Mata](/source/Luis_B._Mata) & [R.H. Petersen](/source/Ron_Petersen) 2001</small> ||Amazon rainforest
|- 
||| ''[Lentinula reticeps](/source/Lentinula_reticeps)'' <small>(Mont.) Murrill (1915)</small> ||United States
|- 
|}

==See also==
* [List of Marasmiaceae genera](/source/List_of_Marasmiaceae_genera)
* [Shiitake](/source/Shiitake)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=CoL2023>{{Cite web |title=Lentinula (genus in Omphalotaceae) |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=COL}}</ref>

<ref name=Earle1909>{{cite journal |title=The genera of North American gill fungi |journal=Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden |year=1909|author=Earle FS. |volume=5 |pages=373–451 (see p. 416)}}</ref>

<ref name=Kirk2008>{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CABI |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=368 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>

}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |last=Guzman |first=G. |last2=Salmones |first2=D. |last3=Tapia |first3=F. |year=1997 |title=''Lentinula boryana'': morphological variations, taxonomic position, distribution and relationships with ''Lentinula edodes'' and related species |journal=Reports of the Tottori Mycological Institute |volume=35 |pages=1–28 |url=http://trophort.com/004/495/004495199.html |archive-date=2007-09-27 |access-date=2007-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927180045/http://trophort.com/004/495/004495199.html |url-status=dead }}

==External links==
*{{cite web |title=''Lentinula'' Earle |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:indexfungorum.org:names:17924}}

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Category:Marasmiaceae
Category:Agaricales genera

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