There is one genus in the ochre or yellow-spored plants with which it is liable to be confused on account of the veil, namely Cortinarius, but in the latter the veil is in the form of loose threads, and is called an arachnoid veil, that is, the veil is spider-web-like.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
From its resemblance to a spider's web such a veil is said to be arachnoid.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
2 Universal veil arachnoid, distinct from the cuticle of the pileus, gills powdery from the spores.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson