stinkhorn

Noun
  1. Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales (synset 113061063)
    "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
    is a type 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
    subtypes:
    • 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
    belongs to: order phallales, phallales - order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
    same as: carrion fungus

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