cortina

American  

[kawr-tahy-nuh, -tee-nuh] / kɔrˈtaɪ nə, -ˈti nə /

noun

Mycology.

cortinae plural

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of cortina

1825–35; < New Latin; Late Latin cortīna curtain

Example Sentences

To signal the end of the set, a cortina, a 30-second piece of non-tango music, is played.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2017

It is, both outside and inside, of a whitish violet color, often fibrillose above, with the cortina, and sometimes with the white veil, in the form of a zone at the middle.

From Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners by Dallas, Ellen M.

In Figure 240 the cortina and the bulbous form of the stem will be seen.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

There is a partial veil in the form of a cortina.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Plant exhibiting the cortina unbroken, the extremities of its delicate arachnoid threads attached to cap and stem, respectively.Fig.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas