Lysurus pakistanicus

Lysurus pakistanicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genus: Lysurus
Species:
L. pakistanicus
Binomial name
Lysurus pakistanicus
S.H.Iqbal, Kasuya, Khalid & Niazi (2006)

Lysurus pakistanicus is a species of fungus in the stinkhorn family. Found in Pakistan, it was first described scientifically in 2006 from a specimen collected on the lawn of the campus of the University of the Punjab in Lahore. The fruit bodies features a clathrate (latticelike) netted head atop a short stipe. It has spores measuring 1.75–2.15 by 3.85–5.25 μm.[1]

References

  1. ^ Iqbal SH, Kasuya T, Khalid AN, Niazi AR (2006). "Lysurus pakistanicus, a new species of Phallales from Pakistan". Mycotaxon. 98: 163–8.


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