Basionym:
Agaricus edodes Berk., Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 16: 50 (1877) [MB#457019]
Obligate synonyms:
- Cortinellus edodes (Berk.) S. Ito & S. Imai (?) [MB#357302]
- Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Singer, Mycologia 33: 451 (1941) [MB#287561]
- Armillaria edodes (Berk.) Sacc., Sylloge Fungorum 5: 79 (1887) [MB#255729]
- Mastoleucomyces edodes (Berk.) Kuntze, Revisio generum plantarum 2: 861 (1891) [MB#469824]
Taxonomic synonyms:
- Cortinellus berkeleyanus S. Ito & S. Imai, Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 326 (1925) [MB#258357]
- Lentinus mellianus Lohwag, Pl. Mellian. sinenses no. 698: no. 698 (1918) [MB#469689]
- Collybia shiitake J. Schröt., Gartenflora: 105 (1886) [MB#468827]
- Cortinellus shiitake (J. Schröt.) Henn., Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums Berlin 2: 385 (1899) [MB#468950]
- Lepiota shiitake (J. Schröt.) Nobuj. Tanaka, Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 159 (1889) [MB#469749]
- Tricholoma shiitake (J. Schröt.) Lloyd, Mycol. Writ. 5 (Letter 67): 11 (1918) [MB#471955]
- Lentinus shiitake (J. Schröt.) Singer, Annales Mycologici 34: 332 (1936) [MB#492982]
- Lentinus tonkinensis Pat., Journal de Botanique (Morot) 4: 14 (1890) [MB#177981]