Everything about Neolentinus totally explained
Neolentinus is a wood decaying genus of
agarics with tough (leathery to woody) fruitbodies composed of
dimitic tissue, serrated
lamella edges, and
nonamyloid white
binucleate basidiospores among other features. It was segregated from
Lentinus in the broad taxonomic sense; hence the derivation of the name. Biologically
Neolentinus species produce a
brown rot type of decay of wood, whereas
Lentinus causes a
white rot. Molecular base phylogenetic analysis shows that the two genera are unrelated.
Neolentinus is
phylogenetically allied to other brown rot genera such as
Gloeophyllum,
Heliocybe, and
Veluticeps. A new
order, the Gloeophyllales, has been described for these
fungi.
Heliocybe had been placed in synonymy but it differs phylogenetically and anatomically by the lack of
clamp connections that all
Neolentinus produce on their
generative hyphae.
The best known species in this genus is
Neolentinus lepideus, sometimes known as
The Train Wrecker, a name coined because the fungus is one of the few decay fungi that can grow on
creosote treated
railroad ties.
Neolentinus lepideus also grows on timbers in old mines, but because it requires light to form its
pilei, the fungus forms bizarre growth forms when fruitbodies start to form in dark mine shafts or cellars.
Neolentinus lepideus is widely distributed worldwide.
Neolentinus kauffmanii decays
sitka spruce on the west coast of North America producing a variation of brown rot called brown pocket rot.
Neolentinus ponderosus is another western North American species found on the ground growing from the roots of or growing from the stumps of
pine, predominantly
Pinus ponderosa in mountane areas. In
California it's often solitary, common in the
Sierra, and is rare at low elevations. The
fruiting commences from late spring to late summer. Sought out when young and tender it has an excellent taste.
Neolentinus dactyloides is a
fire ecology species
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pseudosclerotia in
Australia.
Neolentinus means the new (Latin -
neo-)
Lentinus.
Lentinus is an older generic name historically applied to a broad group of agarics, and now restricted in application excluding
Neolentinus.
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