Lysurus cruciatus (Lepr. & Mont.) Lloyd
(Lizard’s Claw)

Interactions where Lysurus cruciatus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
fruitbody		fruitbody is saprobic in/on dung or excretions of decayed, strawy manure			Equus ferus	Horse	Perissodactyla: Equidae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Lysurus cruciatus/	Lysurus cruciatus	lizard's claw				fruitbody	Animal / dung / saprobe			/Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/	Equus ferus	horse		decayed, strawy		manure
fruitbody		fruitbody is associated with straw			[Cereals]	cereals	Poales: Poaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Phallales/Phallaceae/Lysurus cruciatus/	Lysurus cruciatus	lizard's claw				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/	Cereals	cereals				straw

Lysurus cruciatus (Lizard’s Claw) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lysurus cruciatus (Lizard’s Claw) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Author & Year	Title	Source
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Lysurus cruciatus (Lizard’s Claw)
Family	PHALLACEAE (stinkhorns)
Order	PHALLALES (stinkhorns, cage and coral fungi, earthstars, truffles and fairy clubs)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Lysurus cruciatus is also a member of:
Gasteromycetes - puffballs, earthstars, earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc. (via Phallaceae)
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Phallales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lysurus cruciatus (Lizard’s Claw)

Lysurus cruciatus (Lizard’s Claw) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PHALLACEAE
(stinkhorns)

PHALLALES
(stinkhorns, cage and coral fungi, earthstars, truffles and fairy clubs)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

General Literature

Lysurus gardneri, a new Irish record

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lysurus cruciatus (Lizard’s Claw):

PHALLACEAE
(stinkhorns)

PHALLALES
(stinkhorns, cage and coral fungi, earthstars, truffles and fairy clubs)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Gasteromycetes
(puffballs, earthstars,  earthballs, stinkhorns, truffles etc.)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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