Synonymy:
Agaricus edodes Berk., J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16(no. 89): 50 (1878) [1877]
Armillaria edodes (Berk.) Sacc., Syll. Fung. (Abellini) 5: 79 (1887)
Mastoleucomyces edodes (Berk.) Kuntze, Revis. gen. pl. (Leipzig) 2: 861 (1891)
Cortinellus edodes (Berk.) Henn., Hedwigia 39: 156 (1900)
Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Singer, Mycologia 33(4): 451 (1941)

Collybia shiitake J. Schröt., Gartenflora 35: 105 (1886)
Lepiota shiitake (J. Schröt.) Nobuj. Tanaka, Bot. Mag., Tokyo 3: 159 (1889)
Cortinellus shiitake (J. Schröt.) Henn., Notizbl. Königl. bot. Gart. Museum Berlin 2(no. 20): 385 (1899)
Tricholoma shiitake (J. Schröt.) Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. (Cincinnati) 5(Letter 67): 11 (1918)
Lentinus shiitake (J. Schröt.) Singer, Annls mycol. 34(4/5): 332 (1936)

Lentinus tonkinensis Pat., J. Bot., Paris 4: 14 (1890)

Lentinus mellianus Lohwag, Pl. Mellian. sinenses: no. 698 (1918)

Armillaria edodes f. sterilis Iwade, Bull. Tokyo Univ. Forests 33: 56 (1944)

Cortinellus edodes f. sterilis Iwade, Bull. Tokyo Univ. Forests 33: 56 (1944)

Position in classification:
Lentinula, Omphalotaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi

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