The Genus Lentinus. A World Monograph. 1983. (Kew Bull. Add. Ser. X). 65 figs.(line drawings). 281 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.

Contents: Introduction/Morphological Characters/ Distribution/ EvolutionPhylogeny/ Acknowledgements/Survey of Subgenera, Sections and Speciesof Lentinus/ Lentinus: Key to Subgenera/Subgenus 1. Lentinus (Section 1.Lentinus/Section 2. Tigrini/ Section 3. Dicholamellatae/ Section 4.Rigidi/ Section 5. Lentodiellum/ Section 6. Pleuroti)/ Subgenus 2. Panus(Section 7. Pulverulenti/ Section 8. Panus/ Section 9. Cirrhosi/Section 10. Velutini/ Section 11. Gigantopanus/ Section 12. Squamosi/ Section 13.Tuberregium/Section 14. Prolifer/Section 15. Tenebrosi)/ Excluded Speciesand Nomina Dubia/ References/ Index to names. - From the introduction:In many cases the basidiomes are xeromorphic with a tough, firm texture and are long-lived, consequently they have been frequently collected b ybotanists and explored so that large collections have accrued in all the major herbaria. However, species determination has remained exceptionally difficult owing to a combination of a high degree of polymorphism, often a secondary development of protective structures anda complex microstructure. Indeed, some Lentinus species are said to havethe most complicated structure of all fungi. A number of species are economically important as agents of timber decay, whilst others are widely used for their esculent and supposedly therapeutic properties.