Lentinula edodes

species of fungus
Taxon taxon Q320999
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Lentinula edodes

Summary

Lentinula edodes is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,240 views/month, #1,002 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lentinula edodes's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Lentinula edodes's instance of is recorded as cultivated mushroom[4].
  • Lentinula edodes is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Lentinula edodes belongs to the parent taxon Lentinula[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Lentinula edodes is Lentinula edodes[7].
  • Lentinula edodes is a type of edible mushroom[8].
  • Lentinula edodes's Commons category is recorded as Lentinula edodes[9].
  • Lentinula edodes's has basionym is recorded as Agaricus edodes[10].
  • Lentinula edodes's hymenium type is recorded as lamella[11].
  • Lentinula edodes's mushroom cap shape is recorded as convex mushroom cap[12].
  • Lentinula edodes's hymenium attachment is recorded as free hymenium attachment[13].
  • Lentinula edodes's stipe character is recorded as bare stipe[14].
  • Lentinula edodes's spore print color is recorded as white[15].
  • Lentinula edodes's mushroom ecological type is recorded as saprobiont[16].
  • Lentinula edodes's edibility is recorded as choice mushroom[17].
  • Lentinula edodes's edibility is recorded as edible mushroom[18].
  • Lentinula edodes's edibility is recorded as medicinal mushrooms[19].
  • Lentinula edodes's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lentinula edodes[20].
  • Lentinula edodes's Commons gallery is recorded as Lentinula edodes[21].
  • Lentinula edodes's taxon synonym is recorded as Agaricus edodes[22].
  • Lentinula edodes's taxon synonym is recorded as Tricholoma shiitake[23].
  • Lentinula edodes's taxon synonym is recorded as Collybia shiitake[24].
  • Lentinula edodes's taxon synonym is recorded as Lentinus edodes[25].
  • Lentinula edodes's taxon synonym is recorded as Lentinus mellianus[26].
  • Lentinula edodes's taxon synonym is recorded as Lentinus shiitake[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Lentinula edodes is Lentinula edodes[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It belongs to the parent taxon Lentinula[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '香菇'}[28], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Shiitake'}[29], {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'houževnatec jedlý'}[30], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'shiitake'}[31], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Shiitake-Pilz'}[32].

Identifiers

Lentinula edodes's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 123351[33]. Lentinula edodes's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 5353[34]. Lentinula edodes's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 192749[35]. Lentinula edodes's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2537743[36].

Why It Matters

Lentinula edodes ranks in the top 0.51% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,240 views/month, #1,002 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 116 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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  18. [19] . Diversity of edible and medicinal fungi from National Park of Hainan Tropical Rainforest, China. wikidata.org.
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  20. [36] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [22] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [24] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  28. [27] . Index Fungorum. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . Datenbank der Pilze Deutschlands. Retrieved . pilze-deutschland.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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