Definition of Genus cortinarius

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cortinarius

genus Corchorus
genus Cordaites
genus Cordia
genus Cordyline
genus Cordylus
genus Coregonus
genus Coreopsis
genus Coriandrum
genus Corixa
genus Cornus
genus Corokia
genus Coronilla
genus Corozo
genus Cortaderia
genus Corticium
genus Cortinarius
genus Corvus
genus Coryanthes
genus Corydalis
genus Corydalus
genus Corylopsis
genus Corylus
genus Corynebacterium
genus Corypha
genus Coryphantha
genus Corythosaurus
genus Coscoroba
genus Cosmocampus
genus Cosmos
genus Costia

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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