{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = 2016-04-07 Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr 611877.jpg | image_caption = ''Lentinus tigrinus'', Italy | taxon = Lentinus | authority = Fr. (1825)<ref name="Fries 1825"/> | type_species = ''Lentinus crinitus'' | type_species_authority = (L.) Fr. (1825) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="Species Fungorum synonymy"/> | synonyms = *''Pocillaria'' <small>P.Browne (1756)</small> *''Digitellus'' <small>Paulet (1791)</small> *''Lentodium'' <small>Morgan (1895)</small> *''Lentodiellum'' <small>Murrill (1915)</small> }}
'''''Lentinus''''' is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in subtropical regions.<ref name="Kirk 2008"/>
The genus name ''Lentinus'' is derived from the Latin ''lent'', meaning "pliable", and ''inus'', meaning "resembling".
==Species== thumb|right|''Lentinus berteroi'' thumb|right|''Lentinus squarrosulus'' thumb|right|''Lentinus swartzii''
{{As of|2017|July}}, Index Fungorum accepts 120 species of ''Lentinus''.<ref name="CoL-Fungorum"/> The genus includes: *''L. anastomosans'' <small>Rick (1938)</small> *''L. anthocephalus'' <small>(Lév.) Pegler (1971)</small> *''L. araucariae'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1903)</small> *''L. arcularius'' <small>(Batsch) Zmitr. (2010)</small> *''L. atrobrunneus'' <small>Pegler (1971)</small> *''L. badius'' <small>(Berk.) Berk. (1847)</small> *''L. baguirmiensis'' <small>Pat. & Har. (1908)</small> *''L. bambusinus'' <small>T.K.A.Kumar & Manim. (2005)</small> *''L. berteroi'' <small>(Fr.) Fr. (1825)</small> *''L. brumalis'' <small>(Pers.) Zmitr. (2010)</small> *''L. brunneofloccosus'' <small>Pegler (1971)</small> *''L. caesariatus'' <small>Pat. (1924)</small> *''L. calyx'' <small>(Speg.) Pegler (1983)</small> *''L. campinensis'' <small>Teixeira (1946)</small> *''L. candidus'' <small>P.W.Graff (1913)</small> *''L. chordalis'' <small>Lloyd (1919)</small> *''L. chudaei'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1912)</small> *''L. cochlearis'' <small>(Pers.) Bres. (1903)</small> *''L. concavus'' <small>(Berk.) Corner (1981)</small> *''L. concentricus'' <small>Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)</small> *''L. concinnus'' <small>Pat. (1892)</small> *''L. connatus'' <small>Berk. (1842)</small> *''L. copulatus'' <small>(Ehrenb.) Henn. (1898)</small> *''L. cordubensis'' <small>Speg. (1902)</small> *''L. courtetianus'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1909)</small> *''L. crinitus'' <small>(L.) Fr. (1825)</small> *''L. densifolius'' <small>R.Heim & L.Rémy (1926)</small> *''L. dicholamellatus'' <small>Manim. (2004)</small> *''L. egregius'' <small>Massee (1910)</small> *''L. elmeri'' <small>Bres. (1912)</small> *''L. elmerianus'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small> *''L. erosus'' <small>Lloyd (1925)</small> *''L. erringtonii'' <small>Pat. & Har. (1900)</small> *''L. fasciatus'' <small>Berk. (1840)</small> *''L. favoloides'' <small>R.Heim (1964)</small> *''L. flexipes'' <small>Zmitr. & Kovalenko (2016)</small> *''L. floridanus'' <small>(Murrill) Murrill (1943)</small> *''L. fluxus'' <small>Herp. (1912)</small> *''L. freemanii'' <small>Murrill (1919)</small> *''L. fuscoexactus'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small> *''L. fuscus'' <small>Lloyd (1925)</small> *''L. fusipes'' <small>Cooke & Massee (1887)</small> *''L. gibbsiae'' <small>A.L.Sm. (1909)</small> *''L. glabratus'' <small>Mont. (1842)</small> *''L. gogoensis'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1909)</small> *''L. goossensiae'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small> *''L. graminicola'' <small>Murrill (1911)</small> *''L. huensis'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small> *''L. integrus'' <small>Reichert (1921)</small> *''L. inverseconicus'' <small>Pat. (1923)</small> *''L. isabellina'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small> *''L. lagunensis'' <small>P.W.Graff (1913)</small> *''L. lamelliporus'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1902)</small> *''L. lateripes'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small> *''L. ledermannii'' <small>Pilát (1936)</small> *''L. lepideus'' <small>Fr.</small> (choice edible)<ref>{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Roger |title=Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America |year=2010 |publisher=Firefly Books |location=Buffalo, NY |isbn=978-1-55407-651-2 |page=243}}</ref> *''L. levis'' <small>(Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill (1915)</small> (edible when young)<ref name="Miller 2006">{{cite book|last1=Miller Jr.|first1=Orson K.|title=North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi|last2=Miller|first2=Hope H.|publisher=FalconGuide|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7627-3109-1|location=Guilford, CN|pages=155|author-link=Orson K. Miller Jr.}}</ref> *''L. lividus'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small> *''L. luteoapplanatus'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small> *''L. macgregorii'' <small>P.W.Graff (1913)</small> *''L. martianoffianus'' <small>Kalchbr. (1877)</small> *''L. megacystidiatus'' <small>Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)</small> *''L. melzeri'' <small>Velen. (1920)</small> *''L. meridionalis'' <small>(A. David) Jargeat, Corriol & J.-P. Chaumeton (2023)</small> *''L. metatensis'' <small>Bacc. (1917)</small> *''L. mitissimus'' <small>Bigeard & H.Guill. (1913)</small> *''L. mollipes'' <small>Pat. (1917)</small> *''L. nigro-osseus'' <small>Pilát (1936)</small> *''L. nigroglaber'' <small>Lloyd (1923)</small> *''L. nigroglabrus'' <small>Lloyd (1923)</small> *''L. ochraceus'' <small>Lloyd (1920)</small> *''L. ochroleucus'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small> *''L. omphalopsis'' <small>Reichert (1921)</small> *''L. orizabensis'' <small>Murrill (1915)</small> *''L. palauensis'' <small>Imazeki (1941)</small> *''L. palmeri'' <small>(Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)</small> *''L. panziensis'' <small>Singer (1973)</small> *''L. papillatus'' <small>(Henn.) Henn. (1905)</small> *''L. pertenuis'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small> *''L. phillipsii'' <small>Van der Byl (1926)</small> *''L. pholiotaeformis'' <small>Velen. (1939)</small> *''L. pilososquamulosus'' <small>Lj.N.Vassiljeva (1973)</small> *''L. piperatus'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small> *''L. polychrous'' <small>Lév. (1844)</small> *''L. prancei'' <small>Singer (1981)</small> *''L. prolifer'' <small>(Pat. & Har.) D.A.Reid (1977)</small> *''L. pulcherrimus'' <small>Sumst. (1907)</small> *''L. ramosii'' <small>Lloyd (1923)</small> *''L. ramosipes'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1909)</small> *''L. retinervis'' <small>Pegler (1983)</small> *''L. roseus'' <small>Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)</small> *''L. rubescens'' <small>Velen. (1939)</small> *''L. sajor-caju'' <small>(Fr.) Fr. (1838)</small> *''L. samarensis'' <small>Pilát (1941)</small> *''L. sayanus'' <small>Singer (1952)</small> *''L. sclerogenus'' <small>Sacc. (1916)</small> *''L. scleropus'' <small>(Pers.) Fr. (1836)</small> *''L. sibiricus'' <small>Pilát (1936)</small> *''L. similans'' <small>(Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)</small> *''L. squamosus'' <small>Quél. (1888)</small> *''L. squarrosulus'' <small>Mont. (1842)</small> *''L. striatulus'' <small>Lév. (1846)</small> *''L. stuppeus'' <small>Klotzsch (1833)</small> *''L. subdulcis'' <small>Berk. (1851)</small> *''L. subscyphoides'' <small>Murrill (1911)</small> *''L. swartzii'' <small>Berk. (1843)</small> *''L. terrestris'' <small>Lloyd (1925)</small> *''L. thomensis'' <small>Cout. (1925)</small> *''L. tigrinoides'' <small>Corner (1981)</small> *''L. tigrinus'' <small>(Bull.) Fr. (1825)</small> *''L. tuber-regium'' <small>(Fr.) Fr. (1836)</small> *''L. umbrinus'' <small>Reichardt (1866)</small> *''L. velutinus'' <small>Fr. (1830)</small> *''L. vestidus'' <small>(Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1912)</small> *''L. villosus'' <small>Klotzsch (1833)</small> *''L. zelandicus'' <small>Sacc. & Cub. (1887)</small> *''L. zenkerianus'' <small>Henn. (1905)</small> *''L. zeyheri'' <small>Berk. (1843)</small>
Some molecular studies showed that some ''Polyporus'' species belong to the ''Lentinus''-radiation.<ref name="Zmitrovich & Kovalenko2016">{{cite journal |last1=Zmitrovich |first1=Ivan V. |last2=Kovalenko |first2=Alexander E. |title=Lentinoid and polyporoid fungi, two generic conglomerates containing important medicinal mushrooms in molecular perspective |journal=International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms |year=2016 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=23–38 |doi=10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i1.40 |url=http://media.wix.com/ugd/b65817_9aa21547bf374564b90c29cb7b7e18fb.pdf |pmid=27279442}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="CoL-Fungorum">{{cite web |author=Kirk, P.M. |title=Species Fungorum (version 30th June 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/deb5ef88c2090750e09790618cb44884 |access-date=2017-07-23 |archive-date=12 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312233548/http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/deb5ef88c2090750e09790618cb44884 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="Fries 1825">{{cite book |title=Systema Orbis Vegetabilis |url=https://archive.org/details/systemaorbisveg00friegoog |author=Fries, E.M. |year=1825 |page=[https://archive.org/details/systemaorbisveg00friegoog/page/n89 77] |publisher=e Typographia academica |language=Latin}}</ref>
<ref name="Kirk 2008">{{cite book |author1=Kirk, P.M. |author2=Cannon, P.F. |author3=Minter, D.W. |author4=Stalpers, J.A. |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |page=368 |isbn=978-0-85199-826-8}}</ref>
<ref name="Species Fungorum synonymy">{{cite web |title=Synonymy: ''Lentinus'' Fr. |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=17925 |publisher=Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref>
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