A widely distributed fungus which has a tall whitish stem with a rounded greenish-brown gelatinous head that turns into a foul-smelling slime containing the spores.
鬼笔菌
Family Phallaceae, class Gasteromycetes: many species, including the common European Phallus impudicus
Example sentencesExamples
The service is performed for stinkhorns by flies, which are attracted by the smell of rotting carrion which they emit and which accounts for ‘stink’ in their name.
The source of the odor - enough to send even the most ardent picnickers packing - is the slimy, greenish brown matrix (seen here on the arms of the stinkhorn), which houses the spores.
While not, strictly speaking, a plant, several specimens of squid stinkhorn fungus Pseudocolus schellenbergiae attracted interest.
A stinkhorn is perhaps the most repellent fungus there is, which is saying something.
I remember going with her along country paths, watching her smash stinkhorns with a special stick that she reserved for the purpose.
Definition of stinkhorn in US English:
stinkhorn
nounˈstɪŋkˌhɔrnˈstiNGkˌhôrn
A widely distributed fungus which has a tall whitish stem with a rounded greenish-brown gelatinous head that turns into a foul-smelling slime containing the spores.
鬼笔菌
Family Phallaceae, class Gasteromycetes: many species, including the common European Phallus impudicus
Example sentencesExamples
A stinkhorn is perhaps the most repellent fungus there is, which is saying something.
The source of the odor - enough to send even the most ardent picnickers packing - is the slimy, greenish brown matrix (seen here on the arms of the stinkhorn), which houses the spores.
I remember going with her along country paths, watching her smash stinkhorns with a special stick that she reserved for the purpose.
The service is performed for stinkhorns by flies, which are attracted by the smell of rotting carrion which they emit and which accounts for ‘stink’ in their name.
While not, strictly speaking, a plant, several specimens of squid stinkhorn fungus Pseudocolus schellenbergiae attracted interest.