#stinkhorn__carrion_fungus 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"
supertype: fungus a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
member of: order_Phallales
subtype: common_stinkhorn__Phallus_impudicus a common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism
subtype: Phallus_ravenelii this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh
subtype: dog_stinkhorn__dogstinkhorn__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
subtype: stinky_squid__Pseudocolus_fusiformis 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
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