Dictyophora

noun

Dic·​ty·​oph·​o·​ra

ˌdiktēˈäf(ə)rə

: a genus of stinkhorn fungi closely related to those of the genus Phallus but distinguished by an indusium that hangs like a skirt from below the pileus

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from dicty- + -phora

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