stink-horn
(ˈstɪŋkhɔːn)
[f. stink n. + horn n.]
A name for various ill-smelling fungi.
| 1724 Ray's Synopsis Meth. Stirpium Brit. (ed. 3) 12 Fungus phalloides... This is known to all our Country People by the Name of Stinkhorns; Dr. Richardson. 1755 Gentl. Mag. XXV. 545 Being known in Yorkshire by the name of Stink-horns. 1882 J. Smith Dict. Pop. Names Plants 393 Stink-horn, or Stinking Polecat, Phallus impudicus and P. fœtidus, fungi of the Lycoperdaceæ alliance... An allied species is Clathrus cancellatus, the Lattice Stink-horn. |