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))