# Lentinus

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{{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](/source/Lentinus_tigrinus)'', Italy
| taxon = Lentinus
| authority = [Fr.](/source/Elias_Magnus_Fries) (1825)<ref name="Fries 1825"/>
| type_species = ''Lentinus crinitus''
| type_species_authority = ([L.](/source/Carl_Linnaeus)) Fr. (1825)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="Species Fungorum synonymy"/>
| synonyms = *''Pocillaria'' <small>[P.Browne](/source/P.Browne) (1756)</small>
*''Digitellus'' <small>[Paulet](/source/Jean-Jacques_Paulet) (1791)</small>
*''Lentodium'' <small>[Morgan](/source/Andrew_Price_Morgan) (1895)</small>
*''Lentodiellum'' <small>[Murrill](/source/William_Alphonso_Murrill) (1915)</small>
}}

'''''Lentinus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [fungi](/source/fungi) in the family [Polyporaceae](/source/Polyporaceae). The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in [subtropical](/source/subtropical) regions.<ref name="Kirk 2008"/>

The genus name ''Lentinus'' is derived from the [Latin](/source/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](/source/Index_Fungorum) accepts 120 species of ''Lentinus''.<ref name="CoL-Fungorum"/> The genus includes:
*''[L. anastomosans](/source/Lentinus_anastomosans)'' <small>Rick (1938)</small>
*''[L. anthocephalus](/source/Lentinus_anthocephalus)'' <small>(Lév.) Pegler (1971)</small>
*''[L. araucariae](/source/Lentinus_araucariae)'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1903)</small>
*''[L. arcularius](/source/Lentinus_arcularius)'' <small>(Batsch) Zmitr. (2010)</small>
*''[L. atrobrunneus](/source/Lentinus_atrobrunneus)'' <small>Pegler (1971)</small>
*''[L. badius](/source/Lentinus_badius)'' <small>(Berk.) Berk. (1847)</small>
*''[L. baguirmiensis](/source/Lentinus_baguirmiensis)'' <small>Pat. & Har. (1908)</small>
*''[L. bambusinus](/source/Lentinus_bambusinus)'' <small>T.K.A.Kumar & Manim. (2005)</small>
*''[L. berteroi](/source/Lentinus_berteroi)'' <small>(Fr.) Fr. (1825)</small>
*''[L. brumalis](/source/Lentinus_brumalis)'' <small>(Pers.) Zmitr. (2010)</small>
*''[L. brunneofloccosus](/source/Lentinus_brunneofloccosus)'' <small>Pegler (1971)</small>
*''[L. caesariatus](/source/Lentinus_caesariatus)'' <small>Pat. (1924)</small>
*''[L. calyx](/source/Lentinus_calyx)'' <small>(Speg.) Pegler (1983)</small>
*''[L. campinensis](/source/Lentinus_campinensis)'' <small>Teixeira (1946)</small>
*''[L. candidus](/source/Lentinus_candidus)'' <small>P.W.Graff (1913)</small>
*''[L. chordalis](/source/Lentinus_chordalis)'' <small>Lloyd (1919)</small>
*''[L. chudaei](/source/Lentinus_chudaei)'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1912)</small>
*''[L. cochlearis](/source/Lentinus_cochlearis)'' <small>(Pers.) Bres. (1903)</small>
*''[L. concavus](/source/Lentinus_concavus)'' <small>(Berk.) Corner (1981)</small>
*''[L. concentricus](/source/Lentinus_concentricus)'' <small>Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)</small>
*''[L. concinnus](/source/Lentinus_concinnus)'' <small>Pat. (1892)</small>
*''[L. connatus](/source/Lentinus_connatus)'' <small>Berk. (1842)</small>
*''[L. copulatus](/source/Lentinus_copulatus)'' <small>(Ehrenb.) Henn. (1898)</small>
*''[L. cordubensis](/source/Lentinus_cordubensis)'' <small>Speg. (1902)</small>
*''[L. courtetianus](/source/Lentinus_courtetianus)'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1909)</small>
*''[L. crinitus](/source/Lentinus_crinitus)'' <small>(L.) Fr. (1825)</small>
*''[L. densifolius](/source/Lentinus_densifolius)'' <small>R.Heim & L.Rémy (1926)</small>
*''[L. dicholamellatus](/source/Lentinus_dicholamellatus)'' <small>Manim. (2004)</small>
*''[L. egregius](/source/Lentinus_egregius)'' <small>Massee (1910)</small>
*''[L. elmeri](/source/Lentinus_elmeri)'' <small>Bres. (1912)</small>
*''[L. elmerianus](/source/Lentinus_elmerianus)'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small>
*''[L. erosus](/source/Lentinus_erosus)'' <small>Lloyd (1925)</small>
*''[L. erringtonii](/source/Lentinus_erringtonii)'' <small>Pat. & Har. (1900)</small>
*''[L. fasciatus](/source/Lentinus_fasciatus)'' <small>Berk. (1840)</small>
*''[L. favoloides](/source/Lentinus_favoloides)'' <small>R.Heim (1964)</small>
*''[L. flexipes](/source/Lentinus_flexipes)'' <small>Zmitr. & Kovalenko (2016)</small>
*''[L. floridanus](/source/Lentinus_floridanus)'' <small>(Murrill) Murrill (1943)</small>
*''[L. fluxus](/source/Lentinus_fluxus)'' <small>Herp. (1912)</small>
*''[L. freemanii](/source/Lentinus_freemanii)'' <small>Murrill (1919)</small>
*''[L. fuscoexactus](/source/Lentinus_fuscoexactus)'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small>
*''[L. fuscus](/source/Lentinus_fuscus)'' <small>Lloyd (1925)</small>
*''[L. fusipes](/source/Lentinus_fusipes)'' <small>Cooke & Massee (1887)</small>
*''[L. gibbsiae](/source/Lentinus_gibbsiae)'' <small>A.L.Sm. (1909)</small>
*''[L. glabratus](/source/Lentinus_glabratus)'' <small>Mont. (1842)</small>
*''[L. gogoensis](/source/Lentinus_gogoensis)'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1909)</small>
*''[L. goossensiae](/source/Lentinus_goossensiae)'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small>
*''[L. graminicola](/source/Lentinus_graminicola)'' <small>Murrill (1911)</small>
*''[L. huensis](/source/Lentinus_huensis)'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small>
*''[L. integrus](/source/Lentinus_integrus)'' <small>Reichert (1921)</small>
*''[L. inverseconicus](/source/Lentinus_inverseconicus)'' <small>Pat. (1923)</small>
*''[L. isabellina](/source/Lentinus_isabellina)'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small>
*''[L. lagunensis](/source/Lentinus_lagunensis)'' <small>P.W.Graff (1913)</small>
*''[L. lamelliporus](/source/Lentinus_lamelliporus)'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1902)</small>
*''[L. lateripes](/source/Lentinus_lateripes)'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small>
*''[L. ledermannii](/source/Lentinus_ledermannii)'' <small>Pilát (1936)</small>
*''[L. lepideus](/source/Lentinus_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](/source/Lentinus_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](/source/FalconGuide)|year=2006|isbn=978-0-7627-3109-1|location=Guilford, CN|pages=155|author-link=Orson K. Miller Jr.}}</ref>
*''[L. lividus](/source/Lentinus_lividus)'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small>
*''[L. luteoapplanatus](/source/Lentinus_luteoapplanatus)'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small>
*''[L. macgregorii](/source/Lentinus_macgregorii)'' <small>P.W.Graff (1913)</small>
*''[L. martianoffianus](/source/Lentinus_martianoffianus)'' <small>Kalchbr. (1877)</small>
*''[L. megacystidiatus](/source/Lentinus_megacystidiatus)'' <small>Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)</small>
*''[L. melzeri](/source/Lentinus_melzeri)'' <small>Velen. (1920)</small>
*''[L. meridionalis](/source/Lentinus_meridionalis)'' <small>(A. David) Jargeat, Corriol & J.-P. Chaumeton (2023)</small>
*''[L. metatensis](/source/Lentinus_metatensis)'' <small>Bacc. (1917)</small>
*''[L. mitissimus](/source/Lentinus_mitissimus)'' <small>Bigeard & H.Guill. (1913)</small>
*''[L. mollipes](/source/Lentinus_mollipes)'' <small>Pat. (1917)</small>
*''[L. nigro-osseus](/source/Lentinus_nigro-osseus)'' <small>Pilát (1936)</small>
*''[L. nigroglaber](/source/Lentinus_nigroglaber)'' <small>Lloyd (1923)</small>
*''[L. nigroglabrus](/source/Lentinus_nigroglabrus)'' <small>Lloyd (1923)</small>
*''[L. ochraceus](/source/Lentinus_ochraceus)'' <small>Lloyd (1920)</small>
*''[L. ochroleucus](/source/Lentinus_ochroleucus)'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small>
*''[L. omphalopsis](/source/Lentinus_omphalopsis)'' <small>Reichert (1921)</small>
*''[L. orizabensis](/source/Lentinus_orizabensis)'' <small>Murrill (1915)</small>
*''[L. palauensis](/source/Lentinus_palauensis)'' <small>Imazeki (1941)</small>
*''[L. palmeri](/source/Lentinus_palmeri)'' <small>(Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)</small>
*''[L. panziensis](/source/Lentinus_panziensis)'' <small>Singer (1973)</small>
*''[L. papillatus](/source/Lentinus_papillatus)'' <small>(Henn.) Henn. (1905)</small>
*''[L. pertenuis](/source/Lentinus_pertenuis)'' <small>Lloyd (1922)</small>
*''[L. phillipsii](/source/Lentinus_phillipsii)'' <small>[Van der Byl](/source/Paul_Andries_van_der_Bijl) (1926)</small>
*''[L. pholiotaeformis](/source/Lentinus_pholiotaeformis)'' <small>Velen. (1939)</small>
*''[L. pilososquamulosus](/source/Lentinus_pilososquamulosus)'' <small>Lj.N.Vassiljeva (1973)</small>
*''[L. piperatus](/source/Lentinus_piperatus)'' <small>Beeli (1928)</small>
*''[L. polychrous](/source/Lentinus_polychrous)'' <small>Lév. (1844)</small>
*''[L. prancei](/source/Lentinus_prancei)'' <small>Singer (1981)</small>
*''[L. prolifer](/source/Lentinus_prolifer)'' <small>(Pat. & Har.) D.A.Reid (1977)</small>
*''[L. pulcherrimus](/source/Lentinus_pulcherrimus)'' <small>Sumst. (1907)</small>
*''[L. ramosii](/source/Lentinus_ramosii)'' <small>Lloyd (1923)</small>
*''[L. ramosipes](/source/Lentinus_ramosipes)'' <small>Har. & Pat. (1909)</small>
*''[L. retinervis](/source/Lentinus_retinervis)'' <small>Pegler (1983)</small>
*''[L. roseus](/source/Lentinus_roseus)'' <small>Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)</small>
*''[L. rubescens](/source/Lentinus_rubescens)'' <small>Velen. (1939)</small>
*''[L. sajor-caju](/source/Lentinus_sajor-caju)'' <small>(Fr.) Fr. (1838)</small>
*''[L. samarensis](/source/Lentinus_samarensis)'' <small>Pilát (1941)</small>
*''[L. sayanus](/source/Lentinus_sayanus)'' <small>Singer (1952)</small>
*''[L. sclerogenus](/source/Lentinus_sclerogenus)'' <small>Sacc. (1916)</small>
*''[L. scleropus](/source/Lentinus_scleropus)'' <small>(Pers.) Fr. (1836)</small>
*''[L. sibiricus](/source/Lentinus_sibiricus)'' <small>Pilát (1936)</small>
*''[L. similans](/source/Lentinus_similans)'' <small>(Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)</small>
*''[L. squamosus](/source/Lentinus_squamosus)'' <small>Quél. (1888)</small>
*''[L. squarrosulus](/source/Lentinus_squarrosulus)'' <small>Mont. (1842)</small>
*''[L. striatulus](/source/Lentinus_striatulus)'' <small>Lév. (1846)</small>
*''[L. stuppeus](/source/Lentinus_stuppeus)'' <small>Klotzsch (1833)</small>
*''[L. subdulcis](/source/Lentinus_subdulcis)'' <small>Berk. (1851)</small>
*''[L. subscyphoides](/source/Lentinus_subscyphoides)'' <small>Murrill (1911)</small>
*''[L. swartzii](/source/Lentinus_swartzii)'' <small>Berk. (1843)</small>
*''[L. terrestris](/source/Lentinus_terrestris)'' <small>Lloyd (1925)</small>
*''[L. thomensis](/source/Lentinus_thomensis)'' <small>Cout. (1925)</small>
*''[L. tigrinoides](/source/Lentinus_tigrinoides)'' <small>Corner (1981)</small>
*''[L. tigrinus](/source/Lentinus_tigrinus)'' <small>(Bull.) Fr. (1825)</small>
*''[L. tuber-regium](/source/Lentinus_tuber-regium)'' <small>(Fr.) Fr. (1836)</small>
*''[L. umbrinus](/source/Lentinus_tuber-regium)'' <small>Reichardt (1866)</small>
*''[L. velutinus](/source/Lentinus_velutinus)'' <small>Fr. (1830)</small>
*''[L. vestidus](/source/Lentinus_vestidus)'' <small>(Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1912)</small>
*''[L. villosus](/source/Lentinus_villosus)'' <small>Klotzsch (1833)</small>
*''[L. zelandicus](/source/Lentinus_zelandicus)'' <small>Sacc. & Cub. (1887)</small>
*''[L. zenkerianus](/source/Lentinus_zenkerianus)'' <small>Henn. (1905)</small>
*''[L. zeyheri](/source/Lentinus_zeyheri)'' <small>Berk. (1843)</small>

Some [molecular](/source/molecular_phylogenetics) studies showed that some ''[Polyporus](/source/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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