Lentinellus cochleatus (Pers.) P. Karst. 1879

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lentinellus cochleatus is saprobic on dead, decayed stump of Broadleaved trees

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lentinellus cochleatus is saprobic on dead, decayed stump of Fraxinus
Other: major host/prey

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lentinellus cochleatus is saprobic on dead, decayed stump of Fagus

Foodplant / saprobe
fruitbody of Lentinellus cochleatus is saprobic on dead, decayed stump of Corylus

Lentinellus cornucopioides (Bolt.) Murrill
Agaricus cornucopioides Bolt. Hist. Fung. 26. 1788.
Agaricus conjiuens Sow. Engl. Fungi pi. 168. 1798.
Agaricus cochleatus Fries, Syst. Myc. 1: 177. 1821.
Lentinus cochleatus /Pries, Syn. Gen. Lent. 11. 1836.
Lentinus cornucopioides Schrot. Krypt.-Fl. Schles. 3^: 555. 1889.
Pileus thin, fieshy-tough, flaccid, irregular, plane, centrally depressed or infundibuliform, cespitose, 2-7.5 cm. broad; surface glabrous, rufescent or brownish-flesh-colored when moist, paler when dry, margin often lobed : lamellae rather broad, crowded, decurrent, serrate on the edges, whitish tinged with flesh-color: spores minute, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid, 4-6 fx: stipes central, eccentric, or lateral, usually crowded and united, solid, glabrous, isabelHne above, reddish-brown below, sulcate, 4-7.5 cm. long, 4-8 mm. thick.
Type locality: Sweden.
Habitat: On and about old stumps or buried wood.
Distribution: New England to North Carolina and west to Ohio and Minnesota; also in Europe.

Lentinellus cochleatus, commonly known as the aniseed cockleshell, is a wood-inhabiting fungus. It has a mild aniseed odor and flavor. Like all species in its genus, it is inedible due to its bitterness.