Fungalpedia – Note 2396, Lentariaceae
Lentariaceae Jülich
Citation when using this data: Yuan HS et al. 2020 – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota.
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Classification: Gomphales, Phallomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi
Lentariaceae includes the genera Delentaria and Lentaria. Delentaria is monotypic, with simple to slightly branched basidiocarps, which are sub-gelatinous and have positive geotropism (Corner 1970). On the contrary, Lentaria develops basidiocarps with negative geotropism that are widely branched and fleshy to leathery. These taxa have a monomitic hyphal system, with thickened hyphal walls and hyaline, thin-walled, smooth spores. They include tropical and temperate species (Jülich 1981).
Type genus: Lentaria Corner. Monograph of Clavaria and allied Genera, (Annals of Botany Memoirs No. 1): 437, 696 (1950).
References
Corner E 1970 – Supplement to “A monograph of Clavaria and allied genera”. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia 47:22–51.
Jülich W 1981 – Higher taxa of Basidiomycetes. Bibliotheca Mycologica 85:1–485.
Entry by
Hai-Sheng Yuan, CAS Key Laboratory of Forest Ecology and Management, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110164, People’s Republic of China, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People’s Republic of China
Published online 5 May 2026