The notes taken on the fresh plant are as follows: Very viscid, with a thick, tough viscid cuticle, cortina or veil viscid, and collapsing on the stem, forming coarse, walnut-brown or dark vinaceous reticulations, terminating abruptly near the gills, or reaching them.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
The veil is white, silky, hairy, separating from the stem like a dense cortina, the threads stretched both above and below as shown in Fig.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
cortina, a cobwebby veil.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson