the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet
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nounUseful english dictionary. 2012.
common stinkhorn — noun a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism • Syn: ↑Phallus impudicus • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn, ↑carrion fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phallus, ↑genus Phallus … Useful english dictionary
dog stinkhorn — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Mutinus caninus • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn, ↑carrion fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phallales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Phallales — noun order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes • Syn: ↑Phallales • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gasteromycetes, ↑class… … Useful english dictionary
Phallales — noun order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes • Syn: ↑order Phallales • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gasteromycetes,… … Useful english dictionary
Phallus impudicus — noun a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism • Syn: ↑common stinkhorn • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn, ↑carrion fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phallus, ↑genus Phallus … Useful english dictionary
Mutinus caninus — noun 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 • Syn: ↑dog stinkhorn • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn, ↑carrion fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phallales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Phallus ravenelii — noun this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn, ↑carrion fungus • Member Holonyms: ↑Phallus, ↑genus Phallus … Useful english dictionary
Pseudocolus fusiformis — noun 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 • Syn: ↑stinky squid • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn, ↑carrion fungus … Useful english dictionary
stinky squid — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Pseudocolus fusiformis • Hypernyms: ↑stinkhorn,… … Useful english dictionary
coleopteran — /koh lee op teuhr euhn, kol ee /, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the order Coleoptera. n. 2. a beetle. [1840 50; COLEOPTER(A) + AN] * * * ▪ insect Introduction any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils … Universalium
