The foul smell of the stinkhorn attracts insects that carry the spores away on their feet. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"stinkhorn," extremely common in some districts of England, and obtruding on the notice of every one from its detestable odour. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
It has an abominably disgusting odour, and is therefore named the "lattice stinkhorn.". From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
These were full of the last of the foxgloves and the sickly, overpowering waft of the mysterious stinkhorn fungus. From Wordnik.com. [How to get back to nature when camping] Reference
The mulch by our local supermarket must have been seeded with stinkhorn spores; they're all coming up now, in all their masculine glory. From Wordnik.com. [hilarious mushrooms] Reference
The common “stinkhorn,” extremely common in some districts of England, and obtruding on the notice of every one from its detestable odour. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian] Reference
Davidson's book also sent me to my battered copy of David Arora's Mushrooms Demystified -- the one book you must have if you want to hunt mushrooms-- for this anecdote by the Victorian memoirist Gwen Raverat about the smelly, phallic, stinkhorn mushroom. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-07-01] Reference
Do a google image search on "stinkhorn". From Wordnik.com. [hilarious mushrooms] Reference
I was once given a stinkhorn egg by a member of the New. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I knew then that I had unwittingly grabbed a piece of a stinkhorn mushroom. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Does it have a very strong flavour (just guessing … with a name like stinkhorn!)?. From Wordnik.com. [BC Bloggers] Reference
Clathrus columnatus, a k a column stinkhorn, arises the same way all stinkhorn fungi do. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I'll take a stinkhorn fungus over Dictyophora duplicata, if I have to take a stinkhorn at all. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 3] Reference
I know it is spring because weird-looking stinkhorn mushrooms have popped up in the moist soil. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
As I avoid kicking over stinkhorn mushrooms and spiky weeds, I find myself awed by nature's diversity. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
This stinkhorn mushroom is just two inches (5 cm) long and grows on an island off the west coast of Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
The new species of stinkhorn mushroom, dubbed 'Phallus drewesii', is two inches long, grows on wood, and is shaped like a phallus. From Wordnik.com. [Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7] Reference
In the upcoming issue of the journal Mycologia, scientists describe a new species of stinkhorn fungus from Africa, which they christened. From Wordnik.com. [Clipmarks | Live Clips] Reference
I peremptorily spiny to the tunica of fans and stinkhorn you that your toradol unfortunately dauber me and i lipoidaemia your continuation and unindustrialized are mini. From Wordnik.com. [Rational Review] Reference
Once my reactions subsided and I could safely breathe again in a different direction from the fungi, I was ecstatic to realize that I'd stumbled upon my first column stinkhorn. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Freudian fungus, now called Phallus drewesii after herpetologist Robert Drewes from the California Academy of Sciences, belongs to a group of stinkhorn mushrooms that give off a foul, rotting meat odor. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
Not unlike a sudden appearance of stinkhorn burrowing out of loamy earth, revelations continue to blossom wildly that the US government now simply functions as a gateway to untold and undeserved riches for the well-connected. From Wordnik.com. [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference
On December 8th 2008, stinkhorn wrote. From Wordnik.com. [Evan Rachel Wood to Guest Star on HBO’s True Blood] Reference
Basket stinkhorn (Dictyophora Indusiata), a tropical stinkhorn fungus with a lacy, netlike veil (indusium) that hangs down from the cap (head). ". From Wordnik.com. [MetaFilter] Reference
Mutinus caninus Dog stinkhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Mutinus caninus (Dog stinkhorn)] Reference
Hanuman: Mutinus caninus Dog stinkhorn. From Wordnik.com. [Mutinus caninus (Dog stinkhorn)] Reference
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