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Definition of Partial veil
1. Noun. Membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap.
Definition of Partial veil
1. Noun. (mycology) A veil which covers the mushroom gills from the edge of the cap to the stem. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Partial Veil
Literary usage of Partial veil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annales Mycologici (1906)
"Looser tissue at either side of this is to form the partial veil. ... Note also
the partial veil extending from the stem to the margin of the pileus, ..."
2. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"Again, if the lower margin, of the partial veil on the stipe separates slightly
from the stipe, and upon drying curves slightly upward, ..."
3. A Text-book of Mycology and Plant Pathology by John William Harshberger (1917)
"It does not represent a portion of the partial veil in the Amanitas, but is a
membrane which is formed from a thick, loosely felted layer, which separates ..."
4. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George. Massee (1893)
"partial veil evident but fugacious. Pileus rather .fleshy, convex then plane,
regular, obtuse, 2-3 in. across, covered with tough, viscid gluten, ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1915)
"The organization and limits of the marginal veil, or partial veil, as it is
sometimes called, in Agaricus arvensis, ..."
6. Studies of American Fungi: Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, Etc by George Francis Atkinson (1900)
"Annulus, the ring or collar around the stem formed from the inner or partial veil.
Appendiculate, said of the veil when it clings in fragments to the margin ..."
7. A Preliminary Report on the Hymeniales of Connecticut by Edward Albert White (1905)
"This veil is usually spoken of as the partial veil. The genus Amanita possesses
both a veil and a volva. A layer of fungus threads completely surrounds the ..."
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