Lysurus (fungus)
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| Lysurus mokusin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Phallales |
| Family: | Phallaceae |
| Genus: | Fr. (1823) |
| Type species | |
| Lysurus mokusin (L.) Fr. (1823)
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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
The following species are recognised in the genus Lysurus:[4]
- Lysurus arachnoideus (E. Fisch.) Trierv.-Per. & K. Hosaka (2014)
- Lysurus argentinus Speg. (1887)
- Lysurus aseroeformis Corda (1854)
- Lysurus borealis (Burt) Henn. (1902)
- Lysurus clarazianus (Müll. Arg.) Henn. (1902)
- Lysurus congolensis Beeli (1927)
- Lysurus corallocephalus Welw. & Curr. (1868)
- Lysurus cruciatus (Lepr. & Mont.) Henn. (1902)
- Lysurus gardneri Berk. (1846)
- Lysurus habungianus G. Gogoi & Parkash (2015)
- Lysurus mokusin (L. f.) Fr. (1823)
- Lysurus pakistanicus S.H. Iqbal, Kasuya, Khalid & Niazi (2006)
- Lysurus periphragmoides (Klotzsch ex Hook.) Dring (1980)
- Lysurus pusillus Coker (1945)
- Lysurus sanctae-catharinae (E. Fisch.) Henn. (1902)
- Lysurus sphaerocephalus (Schltdl.) Hern. Caff., Urcelay, K. Hosaka & L.S. Domínguez (2020)
- Lysurus tenuis F.M. Bailey (1911)
- Lysurus texensis Ellis ex Sacc. (1888)
- Lysurus 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 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Species Fungorum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
External links
Media related to Lysurus (fungus) at Wikimedia Commons- "Lysurus Fr". Atlas of Living Australia.