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CORTINARIUS ATKINSONIANUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cortinarius atkinsonianus" is a kind of...):
agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)
Holonyms ("Cortinarius atkinsonianus" is a member of...):
Cortinarius; genus Cortinarius (the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils))