What is "stinkhorn"

Stinkhorn \Stink"horn`\, n. (Bot.) A kind of fungus of the genus Phallus, which emits a fetid odor.

type of foul-smelling fungus, 1724, from stink + horn (n.), for its shape.

n. Any fungus of the order ''(taxlink Phallales order noshow=1)'' which produce a foul-scented, rod-shaped mushroom.

n. 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" [syn: carrion fungus]