Definition of phallaleses Phallaleses

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Noun
phallales - order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes
		order Phallales
		fungus genus includes lichen genera
		class gasteromycetes, class gastromycetes, gasteromycetes, gastromycetes fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungi
		family phallaceae, phallaceae a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns
		carrion fungus, stinkhorn any of various ill-smelling brown-capped fungi of the order Phallales; "the foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet"
		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