Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carrion_fungus

1 sense of carrion fungus

Sense 1
stinkhorn, carrion fungus -- (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")
       => fungus -- (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)