Neolentinus kauffmanii (A.H. Sm.) Redhead & Ginns
Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 26(3): 357. 1985

Common Name: none

Basionym: Lentinus kauffmanii A.H. Sm.

Synonyms: Panus kauffmanii (A.H. Sm.) Corner

• Description

  For description see Castellano et al.

• Habitat

  On dead & living Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) and possibly other conifers.

• Edibility

  Unknown.

• Comments

  This pinkish caped mushroom with saw-tooth gill edges causes a brown rot of Sitka spruce.

• References

  Bier, J.E. & Nobles, M.K. (1946). Brown Pocket Rot of Sitka Spruce. Canadian Journal of Research. 24c(4): 115-120.
  Castellano, M.A., Smith, J.E., O'Dell, T., Cázares, E. & Nugent, S. (1999). Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the Northwest Forest Plan. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station: Portland, OR. 195 p. (PDF)
  Pegler, D.N. (1983). The Genus Lentinus, A World Monograph. HMSO: London, England. 281 p.
  Redhead, S.A. & Ginns, J. (1985). A reappraisal of agaric genera associated with brown rots of wood. Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 26: 349-381.
  Siegel, N. & Schwarz, C. (2016). Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast. Ten Speed Press: Berkeley, CA. 601 p.
  

• Other Descriptions and Photos
  Main Photo
  • Michael Wood: Neolentinus kauffmanii (CP) — note the gill edges
  • Douglas Smith: Neolentinus kauffmanii (CP)
  • Handbook to Strategy 1 Fungal Species in the NW Forest Plan: Neolentinus kauffmanii (D & CP)
  • Mushroom Observer: Neolentinus kauffmanii (CP)
  • Steve Trudell: Neolentinus kauffmanii (CP)
  • Michael Beug: Neolentinus kauffmanii (CP)
  • Trudell & Ammirati: p. 139 (D & CP)
  
  

  (D=Description; I=Illustration; P=Photo; CP=Color Photo)