| NOUN | plant | purple-staining Cortinarius, Cortinarius mutabilis | a fungus with a reddish purple cap having a smooth slimy surface |
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| 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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| Synonym | Cortinarius mutabilis | |
| Member of | Cortinarius, genus Cortinarius | The largest genus in the Agaricales |
| Broader | agaric | A saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside |
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