Lentinula
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Lentinula is a small genus of wood-inhabiting agarics. The neotropical species Lentinula boryana is the type species. However, the best-known species is L. edodes, the shiitake. The genus was erected
Lentinula edodes
Lentinula Aciculospora
Lentinula boryana GBIF observation 4442592037
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Shiitake
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The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia and mainland Southeast Asia, which is cultivated and consumed by humans around the globe. The earliest written records of their cultivation dates
Lentinula
…wood-inhabiting agarics. The neotropical species Lentinula boryana (= L. cubensis) is the type species. However, the best-known species is L. edodes, the shiitake. The genus was erected by Franklin Sumner Earle in 1909, and as of 2023 contains ten species, principally found in tropical regions. List of Marasmiaceae…
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Lentinula edodes 20101113 c
Fresh shiitake mushroom in the vegetable market in Hong Kong
shiitake growing wild in Hokkaido