CORTINARIUS ATKINSONIANUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cortinarius atkinsonianus mean? 

• CORTINARIUS ATKINSONIANUS (noun)
  The noun CORTINARIUS ATKINSONIANUS has 1 sense:

1. an edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender

  Familiarity information: CORTINARIUS ATKINSONIANUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORTINARIUS ATKINSONIANUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

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