Lentinus

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image = 2016-04-07 Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr 611877.jpg

| image_caption = Lentinus tigrinus, Italy

| taxon = Lentinus

| authority = Fr. (1825)

| type_species = Lentinus crinitus

| type_species_authority = (L.) Fr. (1825)

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| synonyms = *Pocillaria P.Browne (1756)

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Lentinus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in subtropical regions.

The genus name Lentinus is derived from the Latin lent, meaning "pliable", and inus, meaning "resembling".

Species

File:2016-06-29 Lentinus berteroi (Fr.) Fr 630853.jpg

File:Het khon khao เห็ดขอนขาว Lentinus squarrosulus.jpg

File:6.lentinus.swa - Flickr - Dick Culbert.jpg

{{As of|2017|July}}, Index Fungorum accepts 120 species of Lentinus. The genus includes:

Some molecular studies showed that some Polyporus species belong to the Lentinus-radiation.{{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}}

References

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{{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 }}

{{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}}

{{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}}

{{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}}

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Category:Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries

Category:Polyporaceae

Category:Polyporales genera

Category:Taxa described in 1825

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