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Lentinus
	Lentinus tigrinus, Italy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Lentinus; Fr. (1825)
Type species
	Lentinus crinitus; (L.) Fr. (1825)
Synonyms
	Pocillaria P.Browne (1756); Digitellus Paulet (1791); Lentodium Morgan (1895); Lentodiellum Murrill (1915);

Lentinus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed, with many species found in subtropical regions.^[3]

The genus name Lentinus is derived from the Latin lent, meaning "pliable", and inus, meaning "resembling".

Species

As of July 2017^[update], Index Fungorum accepts 120 species of Lentinus.^[4] The genus includes:

L. anastomosans Rick (1938)
L. anthocephalus (Lév.) Pegler (1971)
L. araucariae Har. & Pat. (1903)
L. arcularius (Batsch) Zmitr. (2010)
L. atrobrunneus Pegler (1971)
L. badius (Berk.) Berk. (1847)
L. baguirmiensis Pat. & Har. (1908)
L. bambusinus T.K.A.Kumar & Manim. (2005)
L. berteroi (Fr.) Fr. (1825)
L. brumalis (Pers.) Zmitr. (2010)
L. brunneofloccosus Pegler (1971)
L. caesariatus Pat. (1924)
L. calyx (Speg.) Pegler (1983)
L. campinensis Teixeira (1946)
L. candidus P.W.Graff (1913)
L. chordalis Lloyd (1919)
L. chudaei Har. & Pat. (1912)
L. cochlearis (Pers.) Bres. (1903)
L. concavus (Berk.) Corner (1981)
L. concentricus Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
L. concinnus Pat. (1892)
L. connatus Berk. (1842)
L. copulatus (Ehrenb.) Henn. (1898)
L. cordubensis Speg. (1902)
L. courtetianus Har. & Pat. (1909)
L. crinitus (L.) Fr. (1825)
L. densifolius R.Heim & L.Rémy (1926)
L. dicholamellatus Manim. (2004)
L. egregius Massee (1910)
L. elmeri Bres. (1912)
L. elmerianus Lloyd (1922)
L. erosus Lloyd (1925)
L. erringtonii Pat. & Har. (1900)
L. fasciatus Berk. (1840)
L. favoloides R.Heim (1964)
L. flexipes Zmitr. & Kovalenko (2016)
L. floridanus (Murrill) Murrill (1943)
L. fluxus Herp. (1912)
L. freemanii Murrill (1919)
L. fuscoexactus Lloyd (1922)
L. fuscus Lloyd (1925)
L. fusipes Cooke & Massee (1887)
L. gibbsiae A.L.Sm. (1909)
L. glabratus Mont. (1842)
L. gogoensis Har. & Pat. (1909)
L. goossensiae Beeli (1928)
L. graminicola Murrill (1911)
L. huensis Lloyd (1922)
L. integrus Reichert (1921)
L. inverseconicus Pat. (1923)
L. isabellina Lloyd (1922)
L. lagunensis P.W.Graff (1913)
L. lamelliporus Har. & Pat. (1902)
L. lateripes Lloyd (1922)
L. ledermannii Pilát (1936)
L. lepideus Fr. (choice edible)^[5]
L. levis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill (1915) (edible when young)^[6]
L. lividus Beeli (1928)
L. luteoapplanatus Beeli (1928)
L. macgregorii P.W.Graff (1913)
L. martianoffianus Kalchbr. (1877)
L. megacystidiatus Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
L. melzeri Velen. (1920)
L. meridionalis (A. David) Jargeat, Corriol & J.-P. Chaumeton (2023)
L. metatensis Bacc. (1917)
L. mitissimus Bigeard & H.Guill. (1913)
L. mollipes Pat. (1917)
L. nigro-osseus Pilát (1936)
L. nigroglaber Lloyd (1923)
L. nigroglabrus Lloyd (1923)
L. ochraceus Lloyd (1920)
L. ochroleucus Beeli (1928)
L. omphalopsis Reichert (1921)
L. orizabensis Murrill (1915)
L. palauensis Imazeki (1941)
L. palmeri (Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)
L. panziensis Singer (1973)
L. papillatus (Henn.) Henn. (1905)
L. pertenuis Lloyd (1922)
L. phillipsii Van der Byl (1926)
L. pholiotaeformis Velen. (1939)
L. pilososquamulosus Lj.N.Vassiljeva (1973)
L. piperatus Beeli (1928)
L. polychrous Lév. (1844)
L. prancei Singer (1981)
L. prolifer (Pat. & Har.) D.A.Reid (1977)
L. pulcherrimus Sumst. (1907)
L. ramosii Lloyd (1923)
L. ramosipes Har. & Pat. (1909)
L. retinervis Pegler (1983)
L. roseus Karun., K.D.Hyde & Zhu L.Yang (2011)
L. rubescens Velen. (1939)
L. sajor-caju (Fr.) Fr. (1838)
L. samarensis Pilát (1941)
L. sayanus Singer (1952)
L. sclerogenus Sacc. (1916)
L. scleropus (Pers.) Fr. (1836)
L. sibiricus Pilát (1936)
L. similans (Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1911)
L. squamosus Quél. (1888)
L. squarrosulus Mont. (1842)
L. striatulus Lév. (1846)
L. stuppeus Klotzsch (1833)
L. subdulcis Berk. (1851)
L. subscyphoides Murrill (1911)
L. swartzii Berk. (1843)
L. terrestris Lloyd (1925)
L. thomensis Cout. (1925)
L. tigrinoides Corner (1981)
L. tigrinus (Bull.) Fr. (1825)
L. tuber-regium (Fr.) Fr. (1836)
L. umbrinus Reichardt (1866)
L. velutinus Fr. (1830)
L. vestidus (Earle) Sacc. & Traverso (1912)
L. villosus Klotzsch (1833)
L. zelandicus Sacc. & Cub. (1887)
L. zenkerianus Henn. (1905)
L. zeyheri Berk. (1843)

Some molecular studies showed that some Polyporus species belong to the Lentinus-radiation.^[7]

References

^ Fries, E.M. (1825). Systema Orbis Vegetabilis (in Latin). e Typographia academica. p. 77.
^ "Synonymy: Lentinus Fr". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
^ Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 30th June 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
^ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
^ Zmitrovich, Ivan V.; Kovalenko, Alexander E. (2016). "Lentinoid and polyporoid fungi, two generic conglomerates containing important medicinal mushrooms in molecular perspective" (PDF). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. 18 (1): 23–38. doi:10.1615/IntJMedMushrooms.v18.i1.40. PMID 27279442.