Phylum:Basidiomycota >> Class: Basidiomycetes >> Order: Polyporales | ||||
BCRC Number: | NO BCRC Number! | |||
Scientific Name: | Lentinus edodes | |||
Author: | Lentinus edodes (Berk.), Sing. Mycologia 34:451. 1941. |
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Description: | Pileus 4-10 cm, convex then plane, ochraceous to brown, covered by white squamules, margin incurved. Gills crowded, notched, white. Stipe central to eccentrical, 3-5 × 1-2 cm, solid, tough, brown, with squamules. Annulus membranous, evanescent. Spores elliptical, hyaline, smooth, I-, 5-7 × 3.5-4 μm. Cystidia clavate. Hyphae with clamps. | |||
Specimens: | Taiwan, Nantou: Meifeng, on rotten wood,, 21 Apr. 1999, CWN 03917 (TNM F0012674). |
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Habitat: | Lignicolous. On rotten wood of broad-leaved forest. | |||
Distribution: | Asia |
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References: | Imazeki, R. and Hongo, T. 1987; Chang, T. T. et al. 2001 |
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Provided: | W. N. Chou |
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Note: | A well known edible mushroom in Asia. | |||