1. A stinkhorn of genus Pseudocolus; the fruiting body first resembles a small puffball that soon splits open to form a stalk with tapering arms that arch and taper to a common point
   "The stinky squid emerged from its egg-like base overnight";
   - Pseudocolus fusiformis

Derived forms: stinky squids

Type of: carrion fungus, stinkhorn

Part of: genus Pseudocolus, Pseudocolus

Encyclopedia: Stinky squid