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STINKHORN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales
Example:
the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet
Synonyms:
carrion fungus; stinkhorn
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stinkhorn" is a kind of...):
fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stinkhorn"):
common stinkhorn; Phallus impudicus (a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism)
Phallus ravenelii (this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh)
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)
Pseudocolus fusiformis; stinky squid (a stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point)
Holonyms ("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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