cortinarius : Idioms & Phrases


cortinarius armillatus

  • noun a fungus with large tawny caps and pale cinnamon gills and a red band of veil around the stalk; usually found near birch trees
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cortinarius atkinsonianus

  • noun 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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cortinarius corrugatus

  • noun a fungus with a viscid wrinkled tawny cap; the stalk has a basal bulb that diminishes as the stalk elongates; the gills are dark violet at first but soon turn brown
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cortinarius gentilis

  • noun a poisonous fungus with a bright yellow brown cap and a long cinnamon colored stalk
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cortinarius mutabilis

  • noun a fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface; close violet gills; all parts stain dark purple when bruised
    Cortinarius mutabilis.
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cortinarius semisanguineus

  • noun a fungus with a dry brown cap and rusty red gills and a yellowish stalk
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cortinarius subfoetidus

  • noun a fungus with a sticky lavender cap and stalk that whitish above and covered with a silky lavender sheath
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cortinarius violaceus

  • noun a fungus that is violet overall with a squamulose cap
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genus cortinarius

  • noun the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils)
    Cortinarius.
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purple-staining cortinarius

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