Neolentinus lepideus

Neolentinus lepideus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Gloeophyllales
Family: Gloeophyllaceae
Genus: Neolentinus
Species:
N. lepideus
Binomial name
Neolentinus lepideus
(Fr.) Redhead & Ginns (1985)
Neolentinus lepideus
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex or flat
Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Stipe has a ring
Spore print is white
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is edible

Neolentinus lepideus is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Neolentinus, until recently also widely known as Lentinus lepideus. Common names for it include scaly sawgill, scaly lentinus and train wrecker.