NOUN | plant | dog stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus | a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap |
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Meaning | A stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find it. | |
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Synonym | Mutinus caninus | |
Member of | Phallales, order Phallales | Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid |
Broader | stinkhorn, carrion fungus | Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales |
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