order Phallales

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1.order Phallales - order of fungi comprising the stinkhorns and related forms whose mature hymenium is slimy and fetid; sometimes placed in subclass HomobasidiomycetesPhallalesfungus genus - includes lichen generaclass Gasteromycetes, class Gastromycetes, Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes - fungi in which the hymenium is enclosed until after spores have matured: puffballs; earth stars; stinkhorn fungifamily Phallaceae, Phallaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhornscarrion fungus, stinkhorn - 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"dog stinkhorn, Mutinus caninus - a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap; the slimy gleba is simply plastered on its surface near the apex where winged insects can find itClathraceae, family Clathraceae - family of fleshy fungi resembling stinkhorns