Lentinus tigrinus

Lentinus tigrinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Lentinus
Species:	L. tigrinus
Binomial name
Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr. (1825)
Synonyms[1][2][3][4]
Agaricus tigrinus Bull. (1782) Omphalia tigrina (Bull.) Gray (1821) Clitocybe tigrina (Bull.) P. Kumm (1871) Pocillaria tigrina (Bull.) Kuntze (1891) Lentodium tigrinum (Bull.) Earle (1909) Panus tigrinus (Bull.) Singer (1951) Pleurotus tigrinus (Bull.) Kühner (1980) Polyporus gerdai D. Krüger (2004) Agaricus dunalii DC. (1815) Lentinus dunalii (DC.) Fr. (1825) Pocillaria dunalii (DC.) Kuntze (1891) Lentinus tigrinus var. dunalii (DC.) Rea (1922) Lentinus tigrinus var. dunalii (DC.) Romagn. ex Bon (1985) Agaricus denticulatus Schwein. (1822) Lentinus schweinitzii Fr. (1825) Lentinus contortus Fr. (1836) Lentinus ravenelii Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1849) Lentinus fimbriatus Curr. (1863) Pocillaria fimbriata (Curr.) Kuntze (1891) Lentodium squamulosum Morgan (1895) Panus tigrinus var. squamulosus (Morgan) Rosinski and Robinson. (1986) Lentinus ghattasensis Henn. (1898)

Lentinus tigrinus is a mushroom in the Polyporaceae family. It is classified as nonpoisonous.^[5] It has been reported that mushrooms have significant antioxidant and antimicrobial activity.^[6]

References

1. "Lentinus tigrinus (Bull.) Fr. (1825)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
2. "Lentinus dunalii (DC.) Fr. (1825)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
3. "Pocillaria fimbriata (Curr.) Kuntze (1891)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
4. Hibbett, David S.; Tsuneda, Akihika; Murakami, Shigeyuki (1994). "The Secotioid Form of Lentinus tigrinus: Genetics and Development of a Fungal Morphological Innovation". American Journal of Botany. 81 (4): 466–478. doi:10.2307/2445497. JSTOR 2445497.
5. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
6. Sevindik, Mustafa (2018-11-01). "Investigation of Antioxidant/Oxidant Status and Antimicrobial Activities of Lentinus tigrinus". Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. 2018: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2018/1718025. PMC 6236708. PMID 30515206.

Further reading

• Zmitrovic IV, Kovalenko AE. "Lentinoid and polyporoid fungi, two generic conglomerates containing important medicinal mushrooms in molecular perspective" (PDF). 18(1). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. pp. 23–38.