webcap

English

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Etymology

From web +‎ cap.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɛbˌkæp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

webcap (plural webcaps)

1. (mycology) A mushroom of the agaric genus Cortinarius, many of which are highly poisonous.

Synonyms

• cortinar, Cortinarius

Derived terms

• billy-goat webcap (Cortinarius traganus)
• blue foot webcap (Cortinarius glaucopus)
• bluegill webcap (Cortinarius delibutus)
• bruising webcap (Cortinarius purpurascens)
• cinnabar bracelet webcap (Cortinarius armillatus)
• copper-red webcap (Cortinarius cupreorufus)
• deadly webcap (Cortinarius rubellus)
• fool's webcap (Cortinarius orellanus)
• gassy webcap (Cortinarius traganus)
• goatcheese webcap (Cortinarius camphoratus
• goldband webcap (Cortinarius gentilis)
• Goliath webcap (Cortinarius praestans)
• greased webcap (Cortinarius collinitus)
• he-goat webcap (Cortinarius traganus)
• heliotrope webcap (Cortinarius heliotropicus)
• hoary webcap (Cortinarius laniger)
• orange webcap (Cortinarius mucosus)
• pelargonium webcap (Cortinarius flexipes)
• redgill webcap (Cortinarius semisanguineus)
• Smith's webcap (Cortinarius ahsii)
• sorrel webcap (Cortinarius orellanus)
• splendid webcap (Calonarius splendens)
• violet webcap (Cortinarius violaceus)

Translations

mushroom of the genus Cortinarius

Catalan: cortinari m Chinese: Mandarin: 絲膜菌 / 丝膜菌 (sīmójūn) Dutch: gordijnzwam (nl) m or f Finnish: seitikki (fi) French: cortinaire (fr) m German: Schleierling m Russian: паути́нник m (pautínnik) Swedish: spindling c Welsh: cap gweog m

References

• “webcap”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Cortinarius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cortinarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Cortinarius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons