DOG STINKHORN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

dog stinkhorn; Mutinus caninus

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("dog stinkhorn" is a kind of...):

carrion fungus; stinkhorn (any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales)

Holonyms ("dog stinkhorn" 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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