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DOG STINKHORN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
dog stinkhorn; Mutinus caninus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dog stinkhorn" is a kind of...):
carrion fungus; stinkhorn (any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales)
Holonyms ("dog stinkhorn" is a member of...):
order Phallales; Phallales (order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)
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