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cor•ti•na
Pronunciation: (kôr-tī'nu, -tē'nu), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -ti•naePronunciation: (-tī'nē, -tē'nī). [key]
Mycol.
a weblike, often evanescent veil covering the gills or hanging from the cap edge of certain mushrooms, particularly those of genus
Cortinarius, and sometimes persisting as a ring or remnant of fibrils around the mushroom stalk.
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