partial veil

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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 (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	veil, velum,
definition	:	a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cortina,
definition	:	a cobwebby partial veil consisting of silky fibrils (noun.plant)

part holonym	:	annulus, skirt,
definition	:	(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar (noun.plant)

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