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
	List 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 μみゅーm.^[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.

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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 978-0-85199-826-8.

[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.

[4] "Species Fungorum - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2024-04-11.

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