Lysurus gardneri (Lysurus gardneri) photo and description

Gardner’s Lysurus (Lysurus gardneri)

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Lysurus Gardneri (Lysurus gardneri) is a mushroom from the genus Lyzurus, whose synonymous name is Colus gardneri. Lizurus Gardner is the most common species of the genus.

Lysurus Gardner (Lysurus gardneri) in its immature form has a spherical fruiting body with a diameter of up to 3 cm. The receptacle is cylindrical in shape, its height is 6-10 cm, and its thickness is about 2 cm. It is hollow from the inside, becomes hollow from top to bottom. In Our Country, this fungus is considered alien; it was first discovered in 1976 in the greenhouses of the Sverdlovsk region, the Dubsky state farm. According to the main version, the gryu was brought there along with fertile soil.

Lysurus gardneri (Lysurus gardneri) prefers to grow on humus soils, cultivated soils and pasture areas. In tropical, temperate and subtropical regions of the world, this type of fungus can be seen very rarely. Its primary description and discovery was carried out on one of the islands of Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Now Gardner’s Lizurus has also been found in Australia, North and South America, and India. In some European regions (in particular, in the UK, Portugal, France, Germany). This type of fungus does not have a specific fruiting season. It does not appear constantly, there are suggestions that it was brought to the territory of the Federation from Australia or Ceylon.

The mushroom is inedible, the inside of its fruiting body is completely covered with bad-smelling pulp. The pungent aroma attracts insects to this plant.

In the genus Lizurus, in addition to Gardner mushrooms, there are two more similar species, namely Lysurus cruciatus, first described and discovered in 1902, and also Lysurus mokusin, the first description of which is dated 1823.