Fungi: Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Russulales: Auriscalpiaceae: Lentinellus ursinus (Fr.) Kühner

Lentinellus ursinus – Bear Lentinus

Synonyms: Agaricus pelliculosus, Agaricus ursinus, Hemicybe ursina, Lentinellus castoreus, Lentinellus pusio, Lentinus pelliculosus, Lentinus ursinus, Lentinus vulpinus, Panellus ursinus, Pleurotus ursinus, Pocillaria pelliculosa, Pocillaria ursina, Resupinatus ursinus.

Common name: Bear Lentinus.

Photos of this mushroom from East and Central Texas

Tinder decay mushrooms Lentinellus ursinus(?) in Bee Creek Park. College Station, Texas, October 22, 2017
Anderson St, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Bear Lentinellus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
754-798 Francis Dr, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Gills of Bear Lentinellus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on Kiwanis Nature Trail. College Station, Texas, December 7, 2017
754-798 Francis Dr, College Station, TX 77840, USA

Bear Lentinellus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on a log on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Bear Lentinellus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on wood on Caney Creek section of Lone Star Hiking Trail in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville, Texas, September 15, 2018
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Montgomery, TX 77356, USA

Timber mushrooms Lentinellus ursinus on Kirby Trail in Big Thicket National Preserve. Warren, Texas, November 10, 2018
Kirby Nature Trail, Kountze, TX 77625, USA

Underside of a small bear Lentinellus mushroom (Lentinellus ursinus) on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019

Bear Lentinellus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on rotting wood on Caney Creek Trail (Little Lake Creek Loop Trail) in Sam Houston National Forest near Huntsville. Texas, June 7, 2019

Bear cockleshell mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on rotting wood in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA

Bear cockleshell mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on oak(?) log in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, June 26, 2019
Big Creek Trail, Shepherd, TX 77371, USA

Bear cockleshell mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2019
Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Masses of bear cockleshell mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) in Lick Creek Park. College Station, Texas, November 20, 2019
Raccoon Run, College Station, TX 77845, USA

Young bear Lentinus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on a fallen tree limb in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA

Caps of bear Lentinus mushrooms (Lentinellus ursinus) on a fallen tree limb in Big Creek Scenic Area of Sam Houston National Forest. Shepherd, Texas, May 30, 2020
Lone Star Hiking Trail, Coldspring, TX 77331, USA

Comments

• Data for this species were obtained from the dataset https://www.gbif.org.

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