witch's egg

noun

Definitions

  1. The juvenile form of a Phallus mushroom, such as Phallus impudicus or Phallus multicolor…

    The juvenile form of a Phallus mushroom, such as Phallus impudicus or Phallus multicolor (syn. Dictyophora multicolor), which resembles an egg.

    • [captions on images:] Phallus impudicus with witch's eggs, Denmark. Section through a witch's egg – the juvenile state of a stinkhorn, in this case a Phallus multicolor, Ecuador One of the most bizarre groups of fungi contains insect[…]
    • "Smells like a sewer." "It's called Phallus impudicus, the witch's egg. Looks like there's blood in the slime." Sue peered at the fungus. "I bet you a penny to a pound that's menstrual blood."

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