Lentinellus cochleatus

Lentinellus cochleatus, commonly known as the aniseed cockleshell, is a wood-inhabiting fungus. It has a mild aniseed odor and flavor.[1] Like all species in its genus, it is inedible due to its bitterness.[2]

Lentinellus cochleatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Auriscalpiaceae
Genus: Lentinellus
Species:
L. cochleatus
Binomial name
Lentinellus cochleatus
(Persoon) P. Karsten
Lentinellus cochleatus
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is infundibuliform
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is inedible

References

  1. Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
  2. Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.


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