carrion fungus
English Thesaurus
1. any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | fungus, |
| definition | : | an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | phallus ravenelii, |
| definition | : | this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | dog stinkhorn, mutinus caninus, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pseudocolus fusiformis, stinky squid, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | order phallales, phallales, |
| definition | : | order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes (noun.plant) |
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