1. the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils); [syn: Cortinarius, genus Cortinarius]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Cortinarius
n 1: the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty
spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils)
[syn: Cortinarius, genus Cortinarius]