Name:		Lentinula Earle, (1909) page 416 [basionym]
Synonym(s):		Shitaker Lloyd (1924)
Status:		Genus
Taxonomic position:		Marasmiaceae Roze ex Kühner [Family] Agaricales Underw. [Order] Agaricomycetidae [Subclass] Agaricomycetes Doweld [Class] Agaricomycotina Doweld [Subdivision / Subphylum] Basidiomycota R.T. Moore [Division / Phylum] Fungi R.T. Moore [Kingdom]
Constituent taxa:		Species Lentinula aciculospora J.L. Mata & R.H. Petersen Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler Lentinula cubensis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Earle Lentinula detonsa (Fr.) Murrill Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler Lentinula guarapiensis (Speg.) Pegler Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G. Stev.) Pegler Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H. Petersen
Cybertruffle Resources:		Cyberliber Cumulative Index Biological Records Database (4 records)
Links:		Fungal Databases [Systematic Botany and Mycology, USDA] Genbank Google images IMI [CABI Fungus Dried Reference Collection] Index Fungorum Landcare [New Zealand] Mycobank New York Botanic Garden [Virtual Fungus Dried Reference Collection]