[f. STINK sb. + HORN sb.] A name for various ill-smelling fungi.
1724. Ray’s Synopsis Meth. Stirpium Brit. (ed. 3), 12. Fungus phalloides…. This is known to all our Country People by the Name of Stinkhorns; Dr. Richardson.
1755. Gentl. Mag., XXV. 545. Being known in Yorkshire by the name of Stink-horns.
1882. J. Smith, Dict. Pop. Names Plants, 393. Stink-horn, or Stinking Polecat, Phallus impudicus and P. fœtidus, fungi of the Lycoperdaceæ alliance…. An allied species is Clathrus cancellatus, the Lattice Stink-horn.
