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The genus Lentinus consists of wood-decaying species that are frequently edible and widely used for food as well as for therapeutic purposes. In India, Lentinus is becoming one of a potential edible mushroom containing many vitamins and having nutraceuticals, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties[15]. It has high nutritional value due to the presence of abundant proteins, amino acids, sugars, vitamin B, C, and D, minerals, and lipids[4].
Lentinus species are commonly known as white rot fungi and can be saprobic fungi at all-time phases. Lentinus squarrosulus is an edible species and cosmopolitan in nature. It is very difficult to prepare its spawn, but some researchers have been successful to culture and domesticate them. This is the reason that it has not been cultivated on a large scale, however, it is very popular as an edible mushroom in central Africa[15]. It is reported in Thailand, South-East Asia, the Southern part of Nigeria, the equatorial region of Africa, the Pacific islands, Northern, Southern India, Australia, Philippines, and Indonesia[16−18]. This is the first report of this species from Pakistan.
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Ishaq M, Galappaththi MCA, Khan MB, Ullah S, Fiaz M, et al. 2022. Lentinus squarrosulus an edible macro-fungus reported from Pakistan. Studies in Fungi 7:6 doi: 10.48130/SIF-2022-0006
Lentinus squarrosulus an edible macro-fungus reported from Pakistan
- Received: 05 January 2022
- Accepted: 28 June 2022
- Published online: 01 August 2022
Abstract: Lentinus squarrosulus (Mont.) Singer: an edible macro-fungus is reported from the moist temperate Himalayan forests of Pakistan. The sample was studied based on morphological characteristics and nucleotide sequence analyses of the ITS region. Studies based on morpho-anatomical and molecular data are consistent with formerly reported specimens. Lentinus squarrosulus represents the first report for Pakistan.
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Key words:
- Buner /
- ITS /
- Phylogeny /
- Polyporaceae /
- Taxonomy