Definition of Lentinus lepideus

1. Noun. A fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice.

Exact synonyms: Scaly Lentinus
Generic synonyms: Fungus
Group relationships: Genus Lentinus, Lentinus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lentinus Lepideus

Lenny
Lenoir's facet
Lenore
Lens culinaris
Lent
Lent lilies
Lent lily
Lente Iletin
Lenten
Lenten Moon
Lententide
Lentia
Lentibulariaceae
Lentinus
Lentinus edodes
Lentinus lepideus (current term)
Lentivirinae
Lenz's law
Leo Delibes
Leo Esaki
Leo I
Leo III
Leo Minor
Leo Szilard
Leo Tolstoy
Leo X
Leo the Great
Leo the Lion
Leodensian
Leodensians

Literary usage of Lentinus lepideus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report on Economic Biology by Walter Edward Collinge (1912)
"Lentinus lepideus, Fr. Two inquiries have been received during the past year with reference to the rotting of pinewood paving blocks. ..."

2. The Journal of Economic Biology by Walter Edward Collinge, A. H. Reginald Buller, George Herbert Carpenter, Robert Newstead, Arthur Everett Shipley (1906)
"No fruit-bodies are produced in the streets owing to the traffic. 6. The wood is rotted by Lentinus lepideus in very much the same manner as by ..."

3. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"The species are leathery, fleshy, and tough ; will stand drying, and revive when moist. Lentinus lepideus is one cause of the decay of telegraph poles, ..."

4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1907)
"That direct external stimuli also play an important part is shown by the non-development of Lentinus lepideus"1 in the dark. The caps of some species of ..."

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