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

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 cruciatuslizard's clawfruitbody Animal / dung / saprobe /Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Perissodactyla/Equidae/Equus ferus/Equus ferushorsedecayed, strawymanure
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 cruciatuslizard's clawfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Cereals/Cerealscerealsstraw

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLysurus cruciatus (Lizard’s Claw)
FamilyPHALLACEAE (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
OrderPHALLALES (stinkhorns and cage fungi)
SubclassPHALLOMYCETIDAE (stinkhorns, stinkhorn truffles, and earth-stars, coral, tooth and club fungi)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Park, D. 1981 Lysurus gardneri, a new Irish record Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 15 (2): 142-143.

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

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