Lentaria

Lentaria is a genus of fungi in the family Lentariaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 17 species.[1] It was circumscribed by British mycologist Edred John Henry Corner in 1950.[2]

Lentaria
Lentaria micheneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Gomphales
Family:
Lentariaceae
Genus:
Lentaria

Corner (1950)
Type species
Lentaria surculus
(Berk.) Corner (1950)
Species
17 species

Many members are important decomposers in forest ecosystems. Samples of the genus were collected in China and studies using molecular and morphological methods. Five of the species collected were described as new species


Species
  • Lentaria afflata
  • Lentaria boletosporioides
  • Lentaria byssiseda
  • Lentaria caribbeana
  • Lentaria epichnoa
  • Lentaria glaucosiccescens
  • Lentaria javanica
  • Lentaria micheneri
  • Lentaria patouillardii
  • Lentaria rionegrensis
  • Lentaria surculus

References
  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Corner EJH. (1950). A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera. Annals of Botany Memoirs. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. p. 696.

Liu, L.-N., Wu, L., Chen, Z.-H., Bau, T., & Zhang, P. (2017). The species of Lentaria (Gomphales, basidiomycota) from China based on morphological and molecular evidence. Mycological Progress, 16(6), 605–612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-017-1284-2


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