NOUN | plant | carrion fungus, stinkhorn | any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales |
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Meaning | Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales. | |
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Synonym | stinkhorn | |
Member of | Phallales, order Phallales | Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid |
Narrower | Phallus ravenelii | This stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh |
common stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus | A common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism / rheumatism | |
dog stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus | A stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap | |
stinky squid, Pseudocolus fusiformis | A stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus | |
Broader | fungus | An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter |
Spanish | stinkhorn | |
Catalan | stinkhorn |
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