Definition of Phallaceae

1. Noun. A family of fungi belonging to the order Phallales and comprising the true stinkhorns.

Exact synonyms: Family Phallaceae
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Order Phallales, Phallales
Member holonyms: Genus Phallus, Phallus, Dictyophera, Genus Dictyophera, Genus Mutinus, Mutinus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phallaceae

Phalangiidae
Phalangist
Phalangists
Phalangium
Phalangium opilio
Phalanx
Phalaris
Phalaris aquatica
Phalaris arundinacea
Phalaris canariensis
Phalaris tuberosa
Phalaropidae
Phalaropus
Phalaropus fulicarius
Phalguna
Phallaceae (current term)
Phallales
Phallus impudicus
Phallus ravenelii
Phalura
Phanariot
Phanerogamae
Phanerozoic
Phanerozoic aeon
Phanerozoic eon
Phantom
Pharaoh's chicken
Pharaoh of Egypt
Pharaonic
Pharisee

Literary usage of Phallaceae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1902)
"... characters of the gleba it would seem to occupy an intermediate position between the two genera, the former being placed by Fischer in the Phallaceae, ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"Phallaceae. 21. Phallus impudicus, (L.) Fries. Is the common stinkhorn, probably poisonous, though its disagreeable odor would seem to render it distasteful ..."

3. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"Phallaceae. 21. Phallus impudicus, (L.) Fries. Is the common stinkhorn, probably poisonous, though its disagreeable odor would seem to render it distasteful ..."

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