Lysurus (fungus)

Lysurus
	Lysurus mokusin
Scientific classification
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. argentinus Speg. 1887
L. aseroëformis Corda 1854
L. beauvaisii Molliard 1899
L. borealis (Burt) Henn. 1902
L. brevipes Lloyd 1909
L. clarazianus (Müll.Arg.) Henn. 1902
L. congolensis Beeli 1927
L. corallocephalus Welw. & Curr. 1870
L. cruciatus (Lepr. & Mont.) Henn. 1902
L. gardneri Berk. 1846
L. kawamurensis Liou & Y.C.Wang 1935
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

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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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