English noun: carrion fungus | |||
1. | carrion fungus (plant) any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales | ||
Samples | The foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet. | ||
Synonyms | stinkhorn | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fungus | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | common stinkhorn, dog stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus, Phallus impudicus, Phallus ravenelii, Pseudocolus fusiformis, stinky squid | ||
Member meronym | order Phallales, Phallales | ||