stinkhorn
any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales - the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet • Syn: carrion fungus • Hypernyms: fungus • Hyponyms: common stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus, Phallus ravenelii, dog stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus, stinky squid, Pseudocolus fusiformis • Member Holonyms: Phallales, order Phallales
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