Shiitake mushrooms (Lentinula edodes) offer numerous health benefits, such as boosting immunity and helping to manage cholesterol. With a diversity of amino acids, shiitake mushrooms contain all nine ...

Mushrooms have been around for over 715 million years and in recent years the ancient mushroom, Lentinula edodes, has gained popularity. Lentinula edodes is commonly known as the shiitake mushroom ...

Shiitake mushrooms get their name from the same place they often source their nutrients—the shii tree, a Japanese relative of the oak. These fungi are part of the genus Lentinula, which have evolved ...

New genomes highlight the diversity of white rot fungi in the genus Lentinula. Lentinula mushrooms are white rot fungi, belonging to an elite group of decomposers that can break down all of wood’s ...