Neolentinus lepideus
| Neolentinus lepideus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Gloeophyllales |
| Family: | Gloeophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Neolentinus |
| Species: | N. lepideus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolentinus lepideus (Fr.) Redhead & Ginns (1985)
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| Neolentinus lepideus | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is convex or flat | |
| Hymenium is adnate or decurrent | |
| Stipe has a ring | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is edible | |
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.