Lentinellus

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.

Etymology

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

References

External links

Photo of Lentinellus ursinus.

Photos of Lentinellus species. Photo of Lentinellus castoreus.

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