Lysurus (fungus)
Lysurus | |
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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[1] | |
Simblum Klotzsch ex Hook. (1831) |
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.
- 1 2 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.
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