(n)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, Syn.Pseudocolus fusiformis
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a. [ L. fusus spindle + -form: cf. F. fusiforme. ] Shaped like a spindle; shaped like a cylinder that tapers at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell. Syn. -- cigar-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]