About Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler
Lentinula boryana (Berk. & Mont.) Pegler is an edible agaric fungus species belonging to the family Omphalotaceae. It occurs naturally in subtropical regions of the Americas. First described as Agaricus boryanus by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Camille Montagne in 1849, the species was transferred to the genus Lentinula and given its current scientific name by David Pegler in 1976. It serves as the type species for the genus Lentinula.