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Definition of Genus Lentinus
1. Noun. A genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Member holonyms: Chinese Black Mushroom, Golden Oak Mushroom, Lentinus Edodes, Oriental Black Mushroom, Shiitake, Shiitake Mushroom, Lentinus Lepideus, Scaly Lentinus
Group relationships: Family Tricholomataceae, Tricholomataceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lentinus
Literary usage of Genus Lentinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"genus Lentinus The genus Lentinus has white spores, no annulus, and no volva.
The stem is central or lateral, and the lamellae are normally toothed on their ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1903)
"A KEY TO THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF LENTINUS —I BY FS EARLE The genus Lentinus
was founded by Fries in 1825.* From the first it has been an incongruous ..."
3. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Branch (1889)
"The picture represents a body like a smooth block of earth on which a number of
fungi evidently belonging to the genus Lentinus are growing. RU. ..."
4. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"... &c., are now known as belonging to the genus Lentinus. Very curious are the
string-like sclerotia of Agaricus ..."
5. The Solomon Islands and Their Natives by Henry Brougham Guppy (1887)
"From the description and illustration given by Rumphius, Mr. Fries regarded the
growth as a fungus belonging to the genus Lentinus, springing from a ..."
6. The Canadian Record of Science by Natural History Society of Montreal (1903)
"... it usually grows in the woods, is not likely to be mistaken for it. The base
of its stem is clothed with stiff hairs or bristles. Of the genus Lentinus, ..."
7. Bulletin by New York State Museum of Natural History, New York State Museum (1909)
"... descriptions of the New York species of the genus Lentinus and of Entoloma
have been prepared. They may be found under their respective headings, ..."
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