Lentinula lateritia

Lentinula lateritia is a species of agaric fungus in the family Omphalotaceae. It is found in South-east Asia and Australasia, except for New Zealand.^[3] Originally described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1881 as a species of Agaricus,^[4] it was transferred to the genus Lentinula in 1983 by David Pegler.^[5]

Lentinula lateritia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Omphalotaceae
Genus:	Lentinula
Species:	L. lateritia
Binomial name
Lentinula lateritia (Berk.) Pegler (1983)
Synonyms[1]
Lentinus lateritius Berk. (1881) Pocillaria lateritia (Berk.) Kuntze (1891)[2]