Is this lentinus crinitus?

I always SEE this mushroom growing in Rotting wood.

Finally i think i discovered it's name and it's edible.

But i'm not 100% sure

What do You think?

That looks like what my book shows. Did you take a spore print? My book says it should be white.

It says “not edible although Brazilian Indians are reported to eat it boiled”. One could say the same about beloved acorns, or morels, or milkweed, or any number of excellent food plants!—So may need special processing?

I had never heard or seen of this species before, but it looks like you could be right with your identification. Like M said, I would check on the spore print color and if possible, ask a local expert for ID confirmation.

I found out from Wikipedia that this species has numerous medicinal benefits. Check out this article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lentinus_crinitus

M Ljin wrote:That looks like what my book shows. Did you take a spore print? My book says it should be white.

It says “not edible although Brazilian Indians are reported to eat it boiled”. One could say the same about beloved acorns, or morels, or milkweed, or any number of excellent food plants!—So may need special processing?

I don't know how to make spore prints but i'll check that out.
I found this mushroom in a Lot of places in the amazon jungle  and i thought it was not edible because its was hard to chew, but then i discovered that it's edible but it needs to be cooked and usually native use to select The Youngest ones.  Next tome i'm gonna make a soup and i'll let You know how was that.

Spore prints are very important when identifying a gilled mushroom the first time, because they can rule out a lot of lookalikes. It might be that yours  is distinctive enough to go without, but you mifht want to try a spore print first.

So take a bit of cap with gills from the mushroom and place it on a clean surface or piece of black or white paper, depending on what you think the spore print should be, and leave it a while (overnight). In the morning the mushroom will have deposited spores on the paper/surface and they will be of a specific color. Some also use aluminium foil as a surface where any color spore shows up well.