Lentaria

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

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]

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.[3]

Species of Phaeoclavulina and Ramaria may appear similar.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kirk 2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Corner 1950 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.