Curtis 1853[6] Lentinus levis is a species of edible[7][8] fungus in the family Polyporaceae.

It was described by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1853 and given its current name in 1915 by William Murrill.

[9] It is recognized and sometimes collected as a food by Huichol people of Mexico, although they prefer eating other, less chewy mushrooms.

[10] Fruiting bodies of Lentinus levis resemble those of Pleurotus dryinus and can be confused with them.

Both are centrally stipitate, have decurrent lamellae and exhibit a partial veil (which is more persistent in P. dryinus and can be lacking in young L. levis).