HyperDic: purple-staining_cortinarius

English > 1 sense of the expression purple-staining Cortinarius:
NOUNplantpurple-staining Cortinarius, Cortinarius mutabilisa fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface
English > purple-staining Cortinarius: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface; close violet gills; all parts stain dark purple when bruised.
SynonymCortinarius mutabilis
Member ofCortinarius, genus CortinariusThe largest genus in the Agaricales
BroaderagaricA saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside

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