CORTINARIUS MUTABILIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cortinarius mutabilis mean? 

• CORTINARIUS MUTABILIS (noun)
  The noun CORTINARIUS MUTABILIS 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: CORTINARIUS MUTABILIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORTINARIUS MUTABILIS (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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cortinarius mutabilis; purple-staining Cortinarius

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

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

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

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