Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

fringed sawgill

Lentinus crinitus

Spanish: Lentinus peludo

fringed sawgill (Lentinus crinitus)
Photographed by daniel_brito on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Lentinus crinitus is a basidiomycete in Agaricomycotina. It is in the order Polyporales and in the family Polyporaceae, whithin the group Polyporellus. There are many synonyms including Agaricus essequeboensis, Lentinus chaetoloma, Lentinus essequeboensis, Lentinus microloma, Lentinus rigidulus, Lentinus subcervinus, Curtis, Lentinus wrightii, Panus crinitus, Panus wrightii, Polyporus phyllostipes, and Agaricus crinitus. The common name is The Fringed Sawgill. Most often recorded in Jun.

TaxonomyAgaricomycetes › Polyporales › Polyporaceae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records9,172 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2022 – 2022
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “fringed sawgill (Lentinus crinitus) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/lentinus-crinitus/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.