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

Type of: fungus genus

Part of: Cortinariaceae, family Cortinariaceae

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