Global InformationNeolentinus ponderosus information
| Neolentinus ponderosus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Gloeophyllales |
| Family: | Gloeophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Neolentinus |
| Species: | N. ponderosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neolentinus ponderosus (O.K.Mill.) Redhead & Ginns (1985)
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Neolentinus ponderosus Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or depressed |
 | Hymenium is decurrent |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is white |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is choice |
Neolentinus ponderosus, commonly known as the giant sawgill,[2] or ponderous lentinus,[3] is a species of fungus in the family Gloeophyllaceae. Found in western North America, it was originally described in 1965 as a species of Lentinus by American mycologist Orson K. Miller.
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urlFungorum synonymy: Neolentinus ponderosuswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
McKnight 1998was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms demystified: a comprehensive guide to the fleshy fungi (Second ed.). Berkeley: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-169-5.