Lentinula ixodes
Lentinula ixodes is a species of edible[1] agaric fungus in the family Marasmiaceae that is found in Amazon rainforest. Originally described as Agaricus ixodes from Guyana by Camille Montagne in 1854, it was then considered a synonym of Lentinula boryana and reestablished as an independent species by J.S. Oliveira, Tiara S. Cabral, Ruby Vargas-Isla & Noemia K. Ishikawa in 2022. It grows on wood such as Bertholletia excelsa. Phylogenetic research shows it is closely related (but still intersterile) to another Amazon species, Lentinula raphanica, but it can be visually distinguished by the deep orange-brown pileus eventually having fine scales and general similarity to L. boryana complex.[1]
| Lentinula ixodes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Omphalotaceae |
| Genus: | Lentinula |
| Species: | L. ixodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Lentinula ixodes (Secr. ex Mont.) J.S. Oliveira, T.S. Cabral, Vargas-Isla & N.K. Ishik. 2022 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus ixodes Mont., Annls Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4 1: 95. 1854. Collybia ixodes (Mont.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 5: 232. 1887. | |
References
- Oliveira, Jadson J. S.; Cabral, Tiara S.; Vargas-Isla, Ruby; Silva, José F. B.; Rodrigues, Doriane P.; Jr, Nelson Menolli; Drewinski, Mariana P.; Ishikawa, Noemia K. (2022). "Lentinula ixodes comb. nov. (Omphalotaceae, Agaricales) including new records in Brazil". Mycoscience. 63 (6): 254–266. doi:10.47371/mycosci.2022.08.001. PMC 10032364. PMID 37089518. S2CID 252398917.