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I. Lentinus strigosus (Schw.) Fries, Syst. Orb. 

 Veg. 77. 1825 



Agaricus crinitus Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 89. 1822. 



Not Agaricus crinitus L. 1753. (Type from Georgia.) 

 Agaricus strigosus Schw. Schr. Nat. Ges. Leipzig 1 : 89. 1822. 



(Type from North Carolina.) 

 Lentinus Lecomtei Fries, Syst. Orb. Veg. 77. 1825. (Based on 



A. crinitus Schw.) 

 Panus rudis Fries, Epicr. 398. 1838. (Based on A. hirtus 



Seer. 1833.) 



Lentinus sparsibarbis Berk. & Curt. Jour. Linn. Soc. 10: 301. 



1868. (Type from Cuba.) 

 Lentinus substrigosus P. Henn. & Shirai, Engl. Jahrb. 28 : 270. 



1900. (Type from Japan.) 



This cosmopolitan species is very common on old logs and 

 stumps from Maine to Florida and Texas and throughout tropical 

 America. In Europe, as well as in America, it has received many 

 names, several of which are not listed above. Agaricus cyathi- 

 formis Schaeff. is by many considered a synonym. L. chaeto- 

 phorus Lev., described from Java, is closely related. 



2. Lentinus hirtus (Fries) 

 Agaricus (Pleurotus) hirtus Fries, Linnaea 5: 508. 1830. 



(Type from Brazil.) 

 Panus hirtus Fries, Epicr. Myc. 398. 1838. 

 Lentinus submembranaceus Berk. Lond. Jour. Bot. 2 : 634. 1843. 



(Type from Brazil.) 

 Agaricus hemispilus Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. III. 2 : 168. 1844. 



(Type from Guadeloupe.) 

 Lentinus patulus Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. III. 5: 119. 1846. (Type 



from Guadeloupe.) 

 Lentinus Tanghiniae Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. III. 5: 120. 1846. 



(Type from Madagascar.) 

 Lentinus striatulus Lev. Ann. Sc. Nat. III. 5 : 120. 1846. (Type 



from French Guiana.) 

 Lentinus Fockei Miq. Fijd. Wetensch. Amsterdam 188. 1852. 



(Type from Surinam.) 



