partial veil

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 113115772)
    hypernym: veil, velum - a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms
    hyponym: cortina - a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils
    part holonym: annulus, skirt - (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar

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