| NOUN | plant | stinkhorn, carrion fungus | 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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| Example | "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet" | |
| Synonym | carrion fungus | |
| 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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