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    CARRION FUNGUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallalesplay

    Example:

    the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet

    Synonyms:

    carrion fungus; stinkhorn

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("carrion fungus" is a kind 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)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carrion fungus"):

    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)

    Holonyms ("carrion fungus" is a member of...):

    order Phallales; Phallales (order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes)

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