HyperDic: stinkhorn

English > 1 sense of the word stinkhorn:
NOUNplantstinkhorn, carrion fungusany of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales
English > stinkhorn: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales.
Example"the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
Synonymcarrion fungus
Member ofPhallales, order PhallalesOrder of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid
NarrowerPhallus raveneliiThis stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh
common stinkhorn, Phallus impudicusA common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism / rheumatism
dog stinkhorn, Mutinus caninusA stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap
stinky squid, Pseudocolus fusiformisA stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus
BroaderfungusAn organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter
Spanishstinkhorn
Catalanstinkhorn

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