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Saw-gilled mushrooms
2 species
Lentinellus is a genus of agaricoid (gilled) fungi that are wood-inhabiting saprotrophs. Despite their gilled appearance, they belong to the Auriscalpiaceae with the toothed genus Auriscalpium. They have tough flesh, jagged or saw-toothed gill edges and an often acrid or peppery taste. The genus includes both sessile (stemless) and stemmed species, often growing in shelving clusters.
Key features include coarsely serrated or jagged gill edges and rough-walled, amyloid spores (turning blue-black in iodine); the thick-walled hyphae are partly amyloid. The flesh is often tough. Many species have a strong, acrid taste, though L. cochleatus has a distinct anise odor.
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