A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Cortina, “filamentous annulus of certain Agarics” (Lindley); “the filamentous annuli of some Agarics” (Jackson); 'of agarics, a partial veil, or part of one, covering the mature gills' (Ainsworth & Bisby): cortina,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. cortina [> L. cortina,-ae (s.f.I), a kettle, cauldron, a rounded vessel; the word also meant a 'curtain'];

(vessel):

- Folia incisa in ahenum cortinamve ferventis aquae sed jam ab igne sepositae tepentisque aut melius (ut rei affirmant periti) frigescentis neque ignem expertae conjiciuntur (Ray), the lacerated leaves are thrown together into a copper vessel or kettle of boiling hot water, but already having been taken off the fire, and of tepid or better (as the learned affirm this business) chilled and not having known [i.e. experienced] the fire.

(fungi): “formerly, the ‘curtain,’ as hanging from the margin of the pileus; now, the inner or partial veil in some genera of agarics, the structure of which is cobwebby. According to Gilbert (1947), it arises from the blematogen and consists of the universal veil, of fibrillose nature, dissociated into cobwebby filaments and differing from an armilla only in appearance; according to Singer (1949), it is of the same origin as a ‘pellicular veil’ of when the primordium is stipitate and the veil dry and arachnoid; cf. annulus, armilla, collar, marginella, cingula [> L. dim. of cortis, ‘curtain’]” (S&D).

- cortina initialis evidens, sed mox depauperata, fugax, initial partial veil evident, but soon stunted, falling off.

- cortina fibrillosa vivide cinnamomeo - ferruginea persistentiore (S&A), with the cortina more persistent, fibrillose, brightly cinnamom-rusty red.

- [fungus] pileo umbonato hemisphaerico-plano e cervino olivascente squamulis subsquarrosis obscurioribus hirto, cortina subannulata (S&A), with an umbonate hemispheric pileus to flat, from tawny- [i.e. deer-] colored to olivascent, hirtous with more obscure nearly square little scales, with the cortina nearly annulate.

- [Cortinaria] Cortina ipsa pallida, sed pulvere seminali ferrugineo utplurimum tota dense obtecta (S&A), the cortina itself pale, but mostly the whole thing densely covered with a ferrugineous [i.e. rusty, dark red] seminal powder.

- cortinam in neutra hactenus observavimus (S&A), we had observed a cortina in neither [sc. species] up to now.

- cortina subannulata (S&A), with the cortina with a slight annulus [i.e. somewhat ringed].

- (Cortinaria; fungus) bulbo spectabili excepto teres, solidus, supra cortinam (subannulatam vivide cinnabarinam) sordide rufescens (S&A), terete with the showy bulb, solid, above the cortina (subannulate vividly cinnabarine) a dirty reddish [pale reddish-brown].

- (Cortinaria; fungi) lamellae cum cortina primo albae: sub fructificationem dein semine tinctae utraeque cinerascunt deinumque nigricant (S&A), the lamellae together with the cortina at first white; at the time of fructification, then tinged with the seed and both becoming ash-gray and finally it grows black.

- [Cortinaria; fungus] cortina fibrillosa vivide cinnamomeo - ferruginea persistentiore (S&A), the cortina fibrillose, vividly cinnamon - rusty red, more persistent.

Cortinula,-ae (s.f.I): a small kettle.

Cortinaria and Cortinarius, both genera in the Agaricaceae, all of which have a cortina; Cortinellus.

Marginal veil = Partial veil (Ainsworth & Bisby).

Partial veil: cortina,-ae (s.f.I), abl. sg. cortina, q.v.

“The Ring [i.e. annulus, q.v.] is properly a prolongation of the membrane of the pileus, part of which remains upon the stalk ; but in some fungi it does not separate from the rim of the pileus, but from the stalk, and remains attached to the pileus, in longer or shorter portions according to the species. In this case it is called cortina” (Willdenow).