PURPLE-STAINING CORTINARIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple-staining Cortinarius mean? 

• PURPLE-STAINING CORTINARIUS (noun)
  The noun PURPLE-STAINING CORTINARIUS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PURPLE-STAINING CORTINARIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE-STAINING CORTINARIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cortinarius mutabilis; purple-staining Cortinarius

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))