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A mushroom that grows a lace skirt overnight and reeks like a corpse to summon flies.
means A common name for the stinkhorn fungus Phallus indusiatus (also called the bridal veil stinkhorn), which produces a delicate net-like skirt hanging beneath its cap and a foul, dung-like odor that attracts insects to spread its spores.
from From English "veiled," describing the lacy indusium that drapes down like a curtain or bridal veil, plus "lady" — a courtly, almost ironic nickname for so reeking a thing. The scientific name carries the same image: the genus name Phallus is Latin for its shape, while indusiatus comes from Latin "indusium," an undergarment or tunic, naming that skirt of lace. So botany and folk-naming agree on the wardrobe metaphor — a fungus dressed up like a bride.
- Growth speed
- Skirt unfurls in under an hour
- Stinkhorn family
- Smells of carrion to recruit fly couriers
- Edible
- Young egg-stage is eaten in China
- Other name
- Called the bridal veil stinkhorn
- Lace skirt
- Net-like veil can drape to the ground
veiled lady orchid — calceolaria uniflora, a rare flower native to southern chile with a distinctive hooded appearance
the veiled lady fountain — located in forest lawn memorial park, glendale, california, sculpted by hermon atkins macneil in 1921