PURPLE-STAINING CORTINARIUS

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Meaning:

A fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface; close violet gills; all parts stain dark purple when bruised

Synonyms:

Cortinarius mutabilis; purple-staining Cortinarius

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("purple-staining Cortinarius" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("purple-staining Cortinarius" is a member of...):

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

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