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Definition of Genus Cortinarius
1. Noun. The largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils).
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Cortinariaceae, Family Cortinariaceae
Member holonyms: Cortinarius Atkinsonianus, Cortinarius Corrugatus, Cortinarius Gentilis, Cortinarius Mutabilis, Purple-staining Cortinarius, Cortinarius Semisanguineus, Cortinarius Subfoetidus, Cortinarius Violaceus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cortinarius
Literary usage of Genus Cortinarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"CORTINARIUS Fr. The genus Cortinarius is chiefly distinguished from the other
genera of the ochre-spored agarics by the presence of a spider-web- like ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1893)
"The genus Cortinarius is a large one, of about 130 species, with yellowish spores,
and all, or nearly all, grow in woods; whereas Hygrophorus, ..."
3. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"CORTINARIUS The genus Cortinarius is easily recognized when young among the
ocher-spored agarics by the powdery gills and by the cobwebby veil, ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1905)
"... Underwood, "A Summary of Charles Wright's Explorations in Cuba " ; Kauffman, "
The genus Cortinarius — a Preliminary Study"; Berry, "A Ficus confused ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"... Kauff- rn--nn. of the University of Michigan, to aid in his studies of the
fungus genus Cortinarius. The grant is to be used for field explorations in ..."
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