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column stinkhorn

column stinkhorn noun: a fungus, Clathrus columnatus, featuring two to five orange or red vertical columns joined at the top, and a fetid gleba.

column stinkhorn: a fungus, Clathrus columnatus, featuring two to five orange or red vertical columns joined at the...
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Noun

column stinkhorn (plural column stinkhorns)

  1. A fungus, Clathrus columnatus, featuring two to five orange or red vertical columns joined at the top, and a fetid gleba.
    • Clathrus columnatus, a k a column stinkhorn, arises the same way all stinkhorn fungi do — via a subterranean “egg” that, when mature, sprouts a fruiting body that can appear in a variety of shapes (starburst, squid, basket or wiffle ball, zombie hand, etc., but, in this case, columnlike). The...2010, “Urban Forager: Season of Stinky Cheese Puffs”, in New York Times
    • Clathrus columnatus, the scientific name for the column stinkhorn, is a north Florida native which is common to many gulf coast locales. This colorful fungus has also been known by the common name “dead man’s fingers,” among other labels.2019 April 19, “Colorful ‘dead man’s fingers’ emits foul odor”, in Tallahassee Democrat, page C3

Forms of column stinkhorn

pluralcolumn stinkhorns

Questions about column stinkhorn

What does column stinkhorn mean?
Column stinkhorn means a fungus, Clathrus columnatus, featuring two to five orange or red vertical columns joined at the top, and a fetid gleba.
What part of speech is column stinkhorn?
Column stinkhorn is a noun.
What is the plural of column stinkhorn?
The plural of column stinkhorn is column stinkhorns.

Words near column stinkhorn in the dictionary

  1. column shifters
  2. column space
  3. column spaces
  4. column still
  5. column stills
  6. column stinkhorn
  7. column stinkhorns
  8. column vector
  9. column vectors
  10. column-wise
  11. columnal

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