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CORTINARIUS SUBFOETIDUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cortinarius subfoetidus mean?
• CORTINARIUS SUBFOETIDUS (noun)
The noun CORTINARIUS SUBFOETIDUS has 1 sense:
1. a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath
Familiarity information: CORTINARIUS SUBFOETIDUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CORTINARIUS SUBFOETIDUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("Cortinarius subfoetidus" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("Cortinarius subfoetidus" 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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