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Noun: partial veil
  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

Derived forms: partial veils

Type of: veil, velum

Encyclopedia: Partial veil