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has gloss | (noun) this stinkhorn has a cap with a granulose surface at the apex and smells like decaying flesh Phallus ravenelii |
has gloss | eng: Phallus ravenelii, commonly known as Ravenels stinkhorn, is a fungus present in eastern North America. Its mushrooms commonly grow in large clusters and are noted for their foul odour and phallic shape when mature. It is saprobic, and as such it is encountered in a wide variety of habitats rich in wood debris from forests to mulched gardens or saw dust piles in urban areas, appearing from August to October. The fruiting structure is tall and white with a head covered in a fetid greenish spore slime, which attracts flies to spread the spores. Ravenels stinkhorn's lack of rough ridges on the cap differentiates it from the closely related Phallus impudicus. The fungus is named after Henry William Ravenel, a botanist who first discovered it in 1846, though it remained undescribed until 1873. |
lexicalization | eng: Phallus ravenelii |
subclass of | (noun) 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" stinkhorn, carrion fungus |
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member of | (noun) genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem Phallus, genus Phallus |
similar | e/Phallus ravenelii |
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