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Definition of Common stinkhorn
1. Noun. A common fungus formerly used in preparing a salve for rheumatism.
Group relationships: Genus Phallus, Phallus
Generic synonyms: Carrion Fungus, Stinkhorn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Stinkhorn
Literary usage of Common stinkhorn
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1884)
"... and, as Mr. Gerard suggests in the case of the common stinkhorn (Phallus
impudicus), the dissemination of these fungi is largely traceable to such ..."
2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"Is the common stinkhorn, probably poisonous, though its disagreeable odor would
seem to render it distasteful to animals. LYCOPERDACEAE. 22. ..."
3. Fungi; Their Nature and Uses by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1880)
"Amongst these is the fetid odour of the common stinkhorn, which is intensified
in the more beautiful and curious ..."
4. The Land of Midian (revisited). by Richard Francis Burton (1879)
"The common " stinkhorn," extremely common in some districts of England, and
obtruding on the notice of every one from its detestable odour. ..."
5. Handbook of Birmingham (1886)
"Of the aberrant group to which the common Stinkhorn (not very common in this
district) belongs, the more brilliant ..."
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