Lysurus cruciatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Phallales |
| Family: | Phallaceae |
| Genus: | Lysurus |
| Species: | L. cruciatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lysurus cruciatus | |
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Lysurus cruciatus or the lizard's-claw stinkhorn[4] is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. It was first described scientifically in 1845 by French botanists François Mathias René Leprieur and Camille Montagne as Aserophallus cruciatus. German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings transferred it to the genus Lysurus in 1902.[3] In 1901, the mushroom was rediscovered in Inanda, Natal.[5] This "new" find was named L. woodii, which was later corrected to be the previously discovered L. cruciatus.[6]
The fruit bodies feature a white, cylindrical tube supporting a cluster of hollow, reddish pointed arms whose surface is covered with foul-smelling spore mass, or gleba. The gleba is brownish to greenish in color, and contains spores with dimensions of 3–4 by 1.5–2 μm.[7] The mature fruiting body is up to 12 centimetres (4+3⁄4 in) tall.[8]
It may be edible in the 'egg' stage, but David Arora cautions they may feature the same drawback as Clathrus archeri, in which the eggs are contained in a mucilaginous spore layer that leaves a lasting bad aftertaste.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Montagne JPFC. (1845). "Cinquième Centurie de plantes cellulaires exotiques nouvelles. Décades VII à X". Annales des Sciences Naturelles Botanique (in French). 4 (3): 346–67.
- ^ Hennings P. (1902). "Eine neue norddeutsche Phalloidee (Anthurus borealis Burt var. n. klitzingii P. Hennings)". Hedwigia Beiblätter (in German). 41: 169–74.
- ^ a b "Lysurus cruciatus (Lepr. & Mont.) Henn., Hedwigia Beiblätter 41: 172 (1902)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ van der Bijl, Paul A. (1921-01-01). "NOTE ON LYSURUS WOODII (MacOWAN), LLOYD". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 9 (2): 191–193. doi:10.1080/00359192109520209. ISSN 0035-919X.
- ^ Sharp, Cathy; Piearce, Graham (1999). "Some Interesting Gasteroid Fungi from Zimbabwe". Kew Bulletin. 54 (3): 739–746. doi:10.2307/4110870. ISSN 0075-5974.
- ^ Huffman DM, Tiffany H, Knaphaus G, Healy RA (2008). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of the Midcontinental United States. University of Iowa Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-1-58729-725-0.
- ^ a b Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. pp. 774, 777–78. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1.
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[edit]Lysurus cruciatus | |
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 | Glebal hymenium |
 | Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
 | Stipe has a volva |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is not recommended |
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