CortinariusWordNet Explorer

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

includes lichen genera

a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales

an edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender

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

a poisonous fungus with a bright yellow brown cap and a long cinnamon colored stalk

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

a fungus with a dry brown cap and rusty red gills and a yellowish stalk