Lentinus

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The most important genus of mushrooms in the Far East.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Lentinus - a genus of fungus belonging to the family Tricholomataceae genus Lentinus fungus genus - includes lichen genera Chinese black mushroom, golden oak mushroom, Lentinus edodes, Oriental black mushroom, shiitake, shiitake mushroom - edible east Asian mushroom having a golden or dark brown to blackish cap and an inedible stipe Lentinus lepideus, scaly lentinus - a fungus with a scaly cap and white flesh and a ring on the stalk (with scales below the ring); odor reminiscent of licorice family Tricholomataceae, Tricholomataceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales