order phallales

1. Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid;
   Sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes (synset 113060313)
   is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
   member holonym:

   • 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
   belongs to: class gasteromycetes, class gastromycetes, gasteromycetes, gastromycetes - fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
   same as: phallales

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