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Lentinus levis
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| Lentinus levis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinus |
| Species: | L. levis
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| Binomial name | |
| Lentinus levis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill 1915
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| Synonyms | |
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Pleurotus levis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Singer 1951[1] | |
Lentinus levis is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It can be found in subtropical to tropical climates in North America and is edible.
Taxonomy
[edit]It was described by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1853 and given its current name in 1915 by William Murrill.
For a long time thought to be a member of Pleurotus genus, it has been moved to genus Lentinus.[7]
Description
[edit]The whitish cap of the agaric is 6–16 centimetres (2+1⁄4–6+1⁄4 in) wide, with decurrent gills and a fairly central stem up to 12 cm (4+3⁄4 in) long and 2.5 cm (1 in) thick.[8] It has a mild to sweet smell and the spore print is white.[8]
Similar species
[edit]Pleurotus dryinus has similar fruiting bodies with a smoother cap and a more persistent partial veil.[8] Pleurotus pulmonarius has a similar floral odor.[9]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]In nature the species grows in subtropical to tropical climates[10] on dead hardwood. In North America, it can be found in the Mountain states and further east from June to October.[8]
Uses
[edit]The mushroom is edible.[11][12]
As a saprotroph, it can be cultivated.[11] It is recognized and sometimes collected as a food by Huichol people of Mexico, although they prefer eating other, less chewy mushrooms.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Singer (1951), In: Lilloa 22:271
- ^ Kuntze (1898), In: Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 3(2):506
- ^ Kuntze (1891), In: Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2:866
- ^ Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1859), In: Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 3 4:296
- ^ Mont. (1856), In: Syll. gen. sp. crypt. (Paris):146
- ^ Berk. & M.A. Curtis (1853), In: Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., Ser. 2 12:427
- ^ For P. levis, see "Species Fungorum - Pleurotus levis page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2017-02-03.
- ^ a b c d Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
- ^ Petersen, Ronald H.; Nicholl, David B. G.; Hughes, Karen W. (1997). "Mating systems of some putative polypore - agaric relatives". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 207 (3–4): 135–158. doi:10.1007/BF00984386. ISSN 0378-2697. S2CID 28789058.
- ^ Peterson, Ronald H.; Hughes, Karen W. & Psurtseva, Nadezhda. "Biological Species in Pleurotus". The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Archived from the original on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
- ^ a b Sobal, M.; Morales, P.; Martinez, W.; Pegler, D. N.; Martinez Carrera, D. (1997). "Cultivation of Lentinus levis in Mexico". Micologia Neotropical Aplicada (Mexico). ISSN 0187-8921.
- ^ a b Haro-Luna, Mara Ximena; Ruan-Soto, Felipe; Guzmán-Dávalos, Laura (2019-09-16). "Traditional knowledge, uses, and perceptions of mushrooms among the Wixaritari and mestizos of Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico". IMA Fungus. 10 (1): 16. doi:10.1186/s43008-019-0014-6. ISSN 2210-6359. PMC 7325656. PMID 32647620.
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