Definition of Dictyophora
:a genus of stinkhorn fungi closely related to those of the genus Phallus but distinguished by an indusium that hangs like a skirt from below the pileus
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Dictyophora
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Dic·ty·oph·o·ra
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ˌdiktēˈäf(ə)rə
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Origin and Etymology of dictyophora
New Latin, from dicty- + -phora
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