pseudocolus fusiformis

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   a stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point

   Synonymsstinky squid

   Broaderstinkhorn

   Part ofPseudocolus

Questions about pseudocolus fusiformis

What does pseudocolus fusiformis mean?

pseudocolus fusiformis means "a stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point".

What is another word for pseudocolus fusiformis?

Close synonyms include stinky squid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pseudocolus fusiformis a common word?

pseudocolus fusiformis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.