CORTINARIUS SEMISANGUINEUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fungus with a dry brown cap and rusty red gills and a yellowish stalk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

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

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

Credits