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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...
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
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 118238.