Lentinus castoreus Fr. 1838
Details
Details
Lentinus castoreus Fr., Epicr. Syst. Mycol. 395 (1838)
Nomenclature
Fr.
Fr.
1838
395
ICN
Lentinus castoreus Fr. 1838
species
Lentinus castoreus
Classification
Descriptions
Lentinus castoreus Fr. 1838
Imbricated, sessile but narrowed behind into a more or less pronounced stem-like base, the component pilei narrowly fan-shaped or tongue-shaped, margin narrowly incurved, entire or wavy; sometimes the pelei are resupinate, margin free all round, and the gills radiating from the centre, at others curled to form a funnel-shaped pileus, flexible, even or wrinkled, rufous, then yellowish-tawny, 3-12 cm. long; gills crowded, rather narrow, margin irregular, brownish; spores hyaline, subglobose, 4 µ.
Northern Island, New Zealand. Europe, Cuba, United States.
On logs, &c.
Very variable in form and size. The principal distinctive features are the elongated pilei, tan colour, and glabrous pileus. The figure of this species by Fries (Icones, pl. 175, f. 3) is 14 cm. broad and the gills 1 cm. broad; it is, however, usually smaller.
Lentinus castoreus Fr. 1838
No New Zealand material could be found by Horak (1971) or by the present author. Lentinellus castoreus (Fr.) Konrad & Maubl. (bas. Lentinus castoreus Fr.) is generally regarded as a synonym of L. ursinus (Miller & Stewart 1971; Pegler 1983; Breitenbach & Kranzlin 1991).
Taxonomic concepts
Global name resources
Metadata
348716eb-7f74-11d5-bebb-00508bca8de8
scientific name
Names_Fungi
23 July 2001
12 October 2004
