Meaning | Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales. |
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Example | "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet" |
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Synonym | carrion fungus |
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Member of | Phallales, order Phallales | Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid |
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Narrower | Phallus ravenelii | This stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh |
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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 |
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Spanish | stinkhorn |
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Catalan | stinkhorn |
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