Ithyphallus

See also: ithyphallus

Translingual

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἰθύφαλλος (ithúphallos, “Bacchic phallus," literally "straight penis”).

Proper noun

Ithyphallus m

  1. (mycology) Synonym of Phallus (“genus including the common stinkhorn mushroom”)
    • 1907. Curtis Gates Lloyd. Mycological Notes (No. 26), "Concerning the Phalloids":
      Ithyphallus is a generic name, recently proposed for Phallus impudicus, as it had always previously been known.

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