IJRAP International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 2277-4343 Moksha Publishing House DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.100245 TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON EDIBLE MUSHROOM LENTINUS SP.: A REVIEW J. Manjunathan * Shymala Gowri S. 11 -0001 98 101 From a mushroom biodiversity study of the South India, seven__ampersandsignnbsp;Lentinusspp. were collected and identified as__ampersandsignnbsp;Lentinus stupeus, Lentinus cladopus, Lentinus squarrosulus, Lentinus pseudotenebrosus,__ampersandsignnbsp;Lentinus cyathiformis, Lentinus radicus__ampersandsignnbsp;sp. nov.,__ampersandsignnbsp;Lentinus tuberregium__ampersandsignnbsp;were__ampersandsignnbsp;collected from the dead logs of rubber and mango trees of Keeriparai forest, Kanniyakumari District of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, India. The local tribes ascribed many medicinal properties to these mushrooms.__ampersandsignnbsp;From the literature survey, it is clearly evident that scanty reports of__ampersandsignnbsp;Lentinus__ampersandsignnbsp;sp, are available from other countries. Further, not many studies were carried out on the indigenous__ampersandsignnbsp;Lentinus__ampersandsignnbsp;sp. Therefore, the present review was aimed at evolving suitable taxonomical study fungus,__ampersandsignnbsp;Lentinus__ampersandsignnbsp;sp. Lentinus sp Taxonomy ITS Phylogenetic tree