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partial veil

DEFINITIONS OF: partial veil

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n membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth; represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap

Types:
cortina
a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
Type of:
veil, velum
a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
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