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Lentinellus
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Lentinellus

Lentinellus is a genus of 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 fruit body are in part amyloid, and frequently the taste of the mushrooms is acrid (burning, spicy). The widespread genus has been estimated to contain 15 species. Mycologists Ronald Petersen and Karen Hughes considered 24 species in their 2004 world monograph of...

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33 branches of this genus, most-observed first

bear lentinus

speciesLentinellus ursinus

Lentinellus micheneri

speciesLentinellus micheneri

aniseed cockleshell

speciesLentinellus cochleatus

Lentinellus pulvinulus

speciesLentinellus pulvinulus

Lentinellus castoreus

speciesLentinellus castoreus

Lentinellus vulpinus

speciesLentinellus vulpinus

Lentinellus subaustralis

speciesLentinellus subaustralis

Lentinellus montanus

speciesLentinellus montanus

Lentinellus tasmanicus

speciesLentinellus tasmanicus

Lentinellus flabelliformis

speciesLentinellus flabelliformis

Lentinellus cystidiosus

speciesLentinellus cystidiosus

Lentinellus crawfordiae

speciesLentinellus crawfordiae

Lentinellus inolens

speciesLentinellus inolens

Lentinellus omphalodes

speciesLentinellus omphalodes

Lentinellus sp. 'IN01'

speciesLentinellus sp. 'IN01'

Lentinellus sp. 'tridentinus-PNW01'

speciesLentinellus sp. 'tridentinus-PNW01'

Lentinellus tridentinus

speciesLentinellus tridentinus

Lentinellus occidentalis

speciesLentinellus occidentalis

Lentinellus novae-zelandiae

speciesLentinellus novae-zelandiae

Lentinellus brunnescens

speciesLentinellus brunnescens

Lentinellus sp. 'CA02'

speciesLentinellus sp. 'CA02'

Lentinellus sp. 'cochleatus-PNW02'

speciesLentinellus sp. 'cochleatus-PNW02'

Lentinellus pilatii

speciesLentinellus pilatii

Lentinellus subargillaceus

speciesLentinellus subargillaceus

Lentinellus sp. 'ID02'

speciesLentinellus sp. 'ID02'

Lentinellus sp. 'ID01'

speciesLentinellus sp. 'ID01'

Lentinellus sp. 'CA01'

speciesLentinellus sp. 'CA01'

Lentinellus bissus

speciesLentinellus bissus

Lentinus anastomosans

speciesLentinus anastomosans

Lentinus aturensis

speciesLentinus aturensis

Lentinellus lineolatus

speciesLentinellus lineolatus

Lentinellus herbarum

speciesLentinellus herbarum

Lentinellus auricula

speciesLentinellus auricula

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