Lentinula

Lentinula is a small genus of 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.

==Species== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px||Lentinula aciculospora R.H. Petersen 2000 ||Costa Rica |- |120px|| Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler 1976 ||Subtropical America |- |120px|| Lentinula edodes (Berk.) Pegler 1976 ||Asia |- |120px|| Lentinula guarapiensis (Speg.) Pegler 1983 ||Paraguay |- | |Lentinula ixodes (Secr. ex Mont.) J.S. Oliveira, T.S. Cabral, Vargas-Isla & N.K. Ishik. 2022 |Amazon rainforest |- |120px|| Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler 1983 || South-east Asia and Australasia |- | |Lentinula madagasikarensis Buyck, Randrianjohany & Looney 2021 |Madagascar |- |120px|| Lentinula novae-zelandiae (G. Stev.) Pegler 1983 ||New Zealand |- |120px|| Lentinula raphanica (Murrill) Mata & R.H. Petersen 2001 ||Amazon rainforest |- ||| Lentinula reticeps (Mont.) Murrill (1915) ||United States |- |}