Lysurus mokusin information

Lysurus mokusin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Phallaceae
Genus:	Lysurus
Species:	L. mokusin
Binomial name
Lysurus mokusin (Cibot ex Pers.) Fr.
Synonyms[1]
Species synonymy 1899 Lysurus beauvaisii Molliard 1906 Mutinus pentagonus var. hardyi F.M. Bailey 1907 Mutinus pentagonus F.M. Bailey 1913 Mutinus hardyi (F.M. Bailey) F.M. Bailey 1917 Lysurus sinensis Lloyd 1933 Colus pentagonus (F.M. Bailey) Sawada 1935 Lloydia quadrangularis C.H. Chow 1935 Lysurus kawamurensis Liou & Y.C. Wang 1936 Sinolloydia quadrangularis (C.H. Chow) C.H. Chow 1936 Sinolloydia sinensis (Lloyd) C.H. Chow 1938 Lysurus mokusin f. sinensis (Lloyd) Kobayasi 2000 Lysurus mokusin var. sinensis (Lloyd) X.L. Mao

Lysurus mokusin Mycological characteristics
	Smooth hymenium
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Stipe is bare
	Spore print is olive-brown
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is not recommended

Lysurus mokusin, commonly known as the lantern stinkhorn, the small lizard's claw, or the ribbed lizard claw, is a saprobic species of fungus in the family Phallaceae. The fruit body consists of a reddish, cylindrical fluted stipe that is capped with several "arms". The arms can approach or even close in on each other to form a spire. The gleba—an olive-green slimy spore mass—is carried on the outer surface of the arms. The fruit body has an odor comparable to "fresh dog feces", "rotting flesh", or "sewage" when mature.

The fungus is native to Asia, and is also found in Australia, Europe and North America, where it is probably an introduced species. It is edible in its immature "egg" stage and has been used medicinally in China as an ulcer remedy.