Cortinariaceae


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Noun1.Cortinariaceae - a family of fungi belonging to the order Agaricales
fungus family - includes lichen families
Agaricales, order Agaricales - typical gilled mushrooms belonging to the subdivision Basidiomycota
Cortinarius, genus Cortinarius - the largest genus in the Agaricales; agarics having rusty spores and prominent cortinae (cobwebby partial veils)
genus Gymnopilus, Gymnopilus - a genus of fungus characterized by the orange color of the spore deposit
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Cortinariaceae represented the dominant family irrespective of forest type.
Clavariaceae Clavulinopsis corniculata BTS H (Schaeff.) Corner * Clavulinopsis BTS T fusiformis (Sowerby) Corner Cortinariaceae * Cortinarius sanguineus BQ M M/V (Wulfen) Fr.
(Cortinariaceae, Agaricales), the first records from
The center confirmed that the 13 kinds of mushroom comprise seven kinds of strophariaceae, four of coprinaceae, and one each of amanitaceae and cortinariaceae. Those being traded in Japan include copelandia cyanescens, a type of coprinaceae, the center said.