Definition of Family Phallaceae

1. Noun. A family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns.

Exact synonyms: Phallaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Order Phallales, Phallales
Member holonyms: Genus Phallus, Phallus, Dictyophera, Genus Dictyophera, Genus Mutinus, Mutinus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Phallaceae

family Peramelidae
family Percidae
family Percophidae
family Peridiniidae
family Peripatidae
family Peripatopsidae
family Peronosporaceae
family Pertusariaceae
family Petromyzontidae
family Pezizaceae
family Phaethontidae
family Phalacrocoracidae
family Phalangeridae
family Phalangiidae
family Phalaropidae
family Phallaceae (current term)
family Phasianidae
family Phasmatidae
family Phasmidae
family Phillidae
family Phocidae
family Phoenicopteridae
family Phoeniculidae
family Pholadidae
family Pholidae
family Pholididae
family Phthiriidae
family Phyllidae
family Phyllocladaceae
family Phyllostomatidae

Literary usage of Family Phallaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"The genuine stink-horns belong to the family Phallaceae. Like the members of the preceding family they originate in the form of eggs which rise from ..."

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