Lentinellus

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Lentinellus

Kingdom:	Fungi
Subkingdom:	Dikarya
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Subphylum:	Agaricomycotina
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Auriscalpiaceae
Genus:	Lentinellus

Species

Lentinellus auricula
Lentinellus brunnescens
Lentinellus castoreus
Lentinellus cochleatus
Lentinellus crawfordii
Lentinellus cystidiosus
Lentinellus flabelliformis
Lentinellus lineolatus
Lentinellus mexicanus
Lentinellus micheneri
Lentinellus montanus
Lentinellus novae-zelandiae
Lentinellus occidentalis
Lentinellus perstrictifolius
Lentinellus pulvinulus
Lentinellus semivestitus
Lentinellus sinensis
Lentinellus subargillaceus
Lentinellus subaustralis
Lentinellus sublineolatus
Lentinellus tasmanicus
Lentinellus tridentinus
Lentinellus ursinus
Lentinellus vulpinus

Lentinellus is a white rot, wood decay, lamellate agaric in the family Auriscalpiaceae, further characterized in part by rough-walled, amyloid spores produced on lamellae with jagged edges. Typically, thick-walled hyphae in the fruitbody are in part amyloid, and frequently the taste of the mushrooms is acrid (burning, spicy). Closely allied genera are Auriscalpium and Dentipratulum, with Artomyces slightly more distantly related.^[1]^[2] ^[3]^[4]

[edit] Etymology

Lentinellus is the deminutive of Lentinus, which is the generic name for another group of wood decay fungi with rough lamellar edges.

[edit] References

^ Petersen, R.H. & Hughes, K.W. (2004). "A preliminary monograph of Lentinellus (Russulales)". Bibliotheca Mycologica 198: 1–270.
^ Miller, S.L. et al. (2006). "Perspectives in the new Russulales". Mycologia 98: 960–970. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.960.
^ Moreau, P-A. & Mascarell, G. (1999). "Une étude du genre Lentinellus". Bull. trim. Soc. Mycol. France 115: 229–373.
^ Miller, O.K. & Stewart, L. (1971). "The genus Lentinellus". Mycologia 63: 333–369. doi:10.2307/3757765.