Lentinula raphanica is a species of edible agaric fungus in the family Omphalotaceae. Described as two species, Armillaria raphanica and Gymnopus alliaceus by William Alphonso Murrill in 1943, they have been moved to a single species of the genus Lentinula by Ron Petersen and J. L. Mata in 2001.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of American shitake being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lentinula boryana
- Ripartitella brasiliensis
- Lentinula lateritia
- Lentinus squarrosulus
- Lentinus concavus
- Filoboletus gracilis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Omphalotaceae
- Genus
- Lentinula
- Species
- Lentinula raphanica
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