Cortinarius

Translingual

Cortinarius bolaris

Etymology

From Late Latin cortīna (“curtain”) + -ārius.

Proper noun

Cortinarius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cortinariaceae – some 2,000 named species of cortinars or webcaps, young specimens of which have a cortina ("veil") between the cap and the stem.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Fungi – kingdom; Dikarya – subkingdom; Basidiomycota – phylum; Agaricomycotina – subphylum; Agaricomycetes – class; Agaricomycetidae – subclass; Agaricales – order; Agaricineae – suborder; Cortinariaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cortinarius violaceus - type species; Cortinarius acutus, Cortinarius adustus, Cortinarius aggregatus, Cortinarius albidus, Cortinarius amoenolens, Cortinarius angulosus, Cortinarius argentatus, Cortinarius atkinsonianus, Cortinarius aurantiobasis, Cortinarius aureifolius, Cortinarius aureofulvus, Cortinarius balteato-cumatilis, Cortinarius biformis, Cortinarius bigelowii, Cortinarius boulderensis, Cortinarius builliardi, Cortinarius bulbosus, Cortinarius cacaocolor, Cortinarius caesiifolius, Cortinarius caesiocyaneus, Cortinarius caesiostramenius, Cortinarius californicus, Cortinarius calyptratus, Cortinarius calyptrodermus, Cortinarius caperatus, Cortinarius castaneicolor, Cortinarius cedretorum, Cortinarius cinnamomeus-luteus, Cortinarius citrinifolius, Cortinarius citrinipedes - selected species

Derived terms

• Austrocortinarius

References

• List of Cortinarius species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cortinarius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cortinarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cortinarius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons