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Phallus impudicus   Listen
Phallus impudicus

noun
1.
A common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism.  Synonym: common stinkhorn.






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"Phallus impudicus" Quotes from Famous Books



... whether the fungusses should be classed in the animal or vegetable department. Their animal taste in cookery, and their animal smell when burnt, together with their tendency to putrefaction, insomuch that the Phallus impudicus has gained the name of stink-horn; and lastly, their growing and continuing healthy without light, as the Licoperdon tuber or truffle, and the fungus vinosus or mucor in dark cellars, and the esculent mushrooms on beds covered thick with straw, would seem to shew that ...
— The Botanic Garden. Part II. - Containing The Loves of the Plants. A Poem. - With Philosophical Notes. • Erasmus Darwin



Words linked to "Phallus impudicus" :   phallus, stinkhorn, carrion fungus, genus Phallus



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