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PHALLALES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
Synonyms:
order Phallales; Phallales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phallales" is a kind of...):
fungus genus (includes lichen genera)
Meronyms (members of "Phallales"):
family Phallaceae; Phallaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns)
carrion fungus; stinkhorn (any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales)
dog stinkhorn; Mutinus caninus (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)
Clathraceae; family Clathraceae (family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns)
Holonyms ("Phallales" is a member of...):
class Gasteromycetes; class Gastromycetes; Gasteromycetes; Gastromycetes (fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi)