Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Fungi
Subregnum: Dikarya
Divisio: Basidiomycota
Subdivisio: Agaricomycotina
Classis: Agaricomycetes
Ordo: Russulales
Familia: Auriscalpiaceae
Genus: Lentinellus
Lentinellus cochleatus, commonly known as the aniseed cockleshell, is a wood-inhabiting fungus.
The tan cap is 1.5–3.5 centimetres (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) wide, often with a darker margin and depressed in the center.[1] It has a mild aniseed odor and flavor.[2]
Similar species include Lentinellus micheneri and Crepidotus nyssicola.[1]
Like all species in its genus, it is inedible due to its bitterness.[3]
References
Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7.
Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 242. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1.
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