Lysurus (fungus)

Lysurus
	Lysurus mokusin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Phallaceae
Genus:	Lysurus; Fr. (1823)
Type species
	Lysurus mokusin; (L.) Fr. (1823)
Synonyms
	Simblum Klotzsch ex Hook. (1831); Foetidaria A.St.-Hil. (1835); Calathiscus Mont. (1841); Lysurus sect. Schizmaturus Corda (1854); Lysurus sect. Desmaturus Schltdl. (1862); Kalchbrennera Berk. (1876); Desmaturus (Schltdl.) Kalchbr. (1880); Schizmaturus (Corda) (Kalchbr. 1880); Dictyobole Atkinson (1902); Pharus Petch (1919); Kupsura Lloyd (1924); Mycopharus Petch (1926); Lloydia C.H.Chow (1935); Sinolloydia C.H.Chow (1936);

Lysurus is a genus of fungi in the Phallaceae, a family known collectively as the stinkhorn fungi. The species have a widespread distribution, but are specially prevalent in tropical areas.^[2]

Description

The fruit bodies of Lysurus fungi are characterized by having short, thick arms which are upright, and may separate slightly in age.^[3] The inner surfaces of the arms are covered with a slimy spore mass called gleba, which typically has a fetid smell to attract insects to assist in spore dispersal. Viewed with a light microscope, Lysurus spores are narrowly ellipsoidal in shape, brownish in color, and have dimensions of 4–5 by 1.5–2 µm.^[3]

Species

L. arachnoideus Lloyd 1912
L. argentinus Speg. 1887
L. aseroëformis Corda 1854
L. borealis (Burt) Henn. 1902
L. clarazianus (Müll.Arg.) Henn. 1902
L. congolensis Beeli 1927
L. corallocephalus Welw. & Curr. 1870
L. cruciatus (Lepr. & Mont.) Henn. 1902
L. fossatii Nouhra, Hern. Caff. & L.S. Domínguez 2022
L. gardneri Berk. 1846
L.habungianus G. Gogoi & Parkash 2015
L. mokusin (L.) Fr. 1823
L. pakistanicus S.H.Iqbal, Kasuya, Khalid & Niazi 2006^[4]
L. periphragmoides (Klotzsch) Dring 1980
L. pusillus Coker 1945
L. sanctae-catharinae (E.Fisch.) Henn. 1902
L. tenuis F.M.Bailey 1911
L. texensis Ellis ex Sacc. 1888
L. woodii (MacOwan) Henn. 1902

References

^ "Lysurus Fr. 1823". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 395. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
^ ^a ^b Miller HR, Miller OK (1988). Gasteromycetes: Morphological and Developmental Features, with Keys to the Orders, Families, and Genera. Eureka, California: Mad River Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-916422-74-7.
^ Iqbal SH, Kasuya T, Khalid AN, Niazi AR (2006). "Lysurus pakistanicus, a new species of Phallales from Pakistan". Mycotaxon. 98: 163–168.

External links

Media related to Lysurus (fungus) at Wikimedia Commons
"Lysurus Fr". Atlas of Living Australia.

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[urlMycoBank:_Lysurus-1] "Lysurus Fr. 1823". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

[Kirk2008-2] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 395. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.

[Miller1988-3] Miller HR, Miller OK (1988). Gasteromycetes: Morphological and Developmental Features, with Keys to the Orders, Families, and Genera. Eureka, California: Mad River Press. p. 82. ISBN 0-916422-74-7.

[Iqbal_2006-4] Iqbal SH, Kasuya T, Khalid AN, Niazi AR (2006). "Lysurus pakistanicus, a new species of Phallales from Pakistan". Mycotaxon. 98: 163–168.

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