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CORTINARIUS

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Meaning:

The largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils)

Synonyms:

Cortinarius; genus Cortinarius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cortinarius" is a kind of...):

fungus genus (includes lichen genera)

Meronyms (members of "Cortinarius"):

Cortinarius atkinsonianus (an edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender)

Cortinarius corrugatus (a fungus with a viscid wrinkled tawny cap; the stalk has a basal bulb that diminishes as the stalk elongates; the gills are dark violet at first but soon turn brown)

Cortinarius gentilis (a poisonous fungus with a bright yellow brown cap and a long cinnamon colored stalk)

Cortinarius mutabilis; purple-staining Cortinarius (a fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface; close violet gills; all parts stain dark purple when bruised)

Cortinarius semisanguineus (a fungus with a dry brown cap and rusty red gills and a yellowish stalk)

Cortinarius subfoetidus (a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath)

Cortinarius violaceus (a fungus that is violet overall with a squamulose cap)

Holonyms ("Cortinarius" is a member of...):

Cortinariaceae; family Cortinariaceae (a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales)

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