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Definition of Phallales
1. Noun. Order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass Homobasidiomycetes.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Class Gasteromycetes, Class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes
Member holonyms: Family Phallaceae, Phallaceae, Carrion Fungus, Stinkhorn, Dog Stinkhorn, Mutinus Caninus, Clathraceae, Family Clathraceae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phallales
Literary usage of Phallales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"(n) phallales These are the stink horns, whose sporophore is more complex than
that of any other fungi. The sporophore develops on the mycelium as a white, ..."
2. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"... X: OFFENSIVE FUNGI-ORDER phallales THE phallales are all terrestrial fungi;
that is, they are found growing on the ground, and not on logs and trees. ..."
3. Nature and Development of Plants by Carlton Clarence Curtis (1918)
"phallales or Stink Horns.—These fungi first appear as egg-like structures ...
A common form of the phallales, Phallus: A, the so-called egg- stage which in ..."
4. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi ...by Lucien Marcus Underwood by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"... rubescens (phallales). Expanded form showing the cup-like peridium at the
base, and the latticed receptacle at the summit. One-half natural size. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"phallales. Stink Horn Fungi. The fruits of the usually terrestrial fungi of this
order are fleshy and produce their spores internally as in the foregoing ..."
6. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Very different is the group of the 'Stink-horns' (phallales). This order comprises
a series of forms very remarkable in their structure and development, ..."
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