CORTINARIUS ATKINSONIANUS

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Meaning:

An edible fungus with a slimy viscid cap that is initially yellow but turns olive and then tawny; flesh is lavender

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Cortinarius atkinsonianus" is a kind of...):

agaric (a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside)

Holonyms ("Cortinarius atkinsonianus" is a member of...):

Cortinarius; genus Cortinarius (the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils))

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