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Neolentinus lepideus is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Neolentinus, until recently also widely known as Lentinus lepideus. Common names for it include scaly sawgill, scaly lentinus and train wrecker.
Source: Wikipedia
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Distribution
Widespread but not common
Habitat
On dead wood of conifers, in particular on railway sleepers
Cap
With darker adpressed to slightly recurved scales
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| Shape | Convex, Depressed |
| Surface | Squamose |
| Width | 5 - 15 cm |
Gills
Adnate with a decurrent tooth
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| Attachment | Adnate |
| Spacing | crowded |
| Edge | serrated |
Flesh
Tough, fibrous
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| Odour | Strong, aromatic |
| Taste | Mild |
Stem
With numerous recurved fibrillose scales
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| Height | 2 - 12 cm |
| Width | 10 - 30 mm |
| Texture | Fibrillose |
| Shape | Clavate, Cylindric |
Spores
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| Shape | Ellipsoid, Cylindric |
| Ornamentation | Smooth |
| Size | 8-12.5 x 3.5-5 μm |
Confirmed
Unconfirmed
Classification
- ↳ Phylum: Basidiomycota
- ↳ Subphylum: Agaricomycotina
- ↳ Class: Agaricomycetes
- ↳ Order: Gloeophyllales
- ↳ Family: Gloeophyllaceae
- ↳ Genus: Neolentinus
Synonyms
- Agaricus lepideus Fr.
- Agaricus squamosus Schaeff.
- Agaricus suffrutescens Brot.
- Agaricus tubaeformis Schaeff.
- Lentinus contiguus Fr.
- Lentinus lepideus (Fr.) Fr.
- Lentinus lepideus var. contiguus (Fr.) P. Karst.
- Lentinus lepideus var. hibernicus McArdle
- Lentinus squamosus Quél.
- Lentinus squamosus Schaeff. Quel.
- Lentinus suffrutescens (Brot.) Fr.
- Panus lepideus (Fr.) Corner
- Pleurotus lepidus (Fr.) anon. ined.
- Pleurotus lepidus anon.
Reference Sources
T. Læssøe, J. H. Peterson (2019) Fungi of Temperate Europe Vol. 1. Princeton University Press.
G. Kibby (2020) Mushrooms and Toadstools of Britain & Europe Vol. 2. Geoffrey Kibby.
Genus Neolentinus
No other species found in this genus.
