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Genus of fungi
Lentinus is a
genus of
fungi in the family
Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in
subtropical regions.
[3]
The genus name Lentinus is derived from the
Latin lent, meaning "pliable", and inus, meaning "resembling".
Species
As of July 2017
[update],
Index Fungorum accepts 120 species of Lentinus.
[4] The genus includes:
Some
molecular studies showed that some
Polyporus species belong to the Lentinus-radiation.
[7]
References
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^ Fries, E.M. (1825).
Systema Orbis Vegetabilis (in Latin). e Typographia academica. p.
77.
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^
"Synonymy: Lentinus Fr". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 368.
ISBN
978-0-85199-826-8.
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^ Kirk, P.M.
"Species Fungorum (version 30th June 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Archived from
the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 243.
ISBN
978-1-55407-651-2.
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^
Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN:
FalconGuide. p. 155.
ISBN
978-0-7627-3109-1.
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^ Zmitrovich, Ivan V.; Kovalenko, Alexander E. (2016).
"Lentinoid and polyporoid fungi, two generic conglomerates containing important medicinal mushrooms in molecular perspective" (PDF). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. 18 (1): 23–38.
doi:
10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i1.40.
PMID
27279442.