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stinkhorn

The fruiting body of some fungi of the order Phallales; body initially phallus-like, with a white stem and swollen ovoid cap; cap dissolves into putrid slime, containing spores that are dispersed by flies attracted over great distances by the fetid odour. (Subdivision: Basidiomycetes.)

iStinkhorn

Common Stinkhorn, Phallus impudicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Subdivision: Hymenomycotina
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Order: Phallales
Family: Phallaceae
Genera

Clathrus
Mutinus
Phallus

Stinkhorns are a type of fungi which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom.

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