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umbilicate

[uhm-bil-i-kit, -keyt] / ʌmˈbɪl ɪ kɪt, -ˌkeɪt /
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navel
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Sporangia ovoid-oblong to short cylindric, the base obtuse or slightly umbilicate, the apex more rounded; the wall with bronze, blue, purple, and violet tints, gradually falling away.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Sporangia orbicular, very much depressed, often umbilicate above and concave underneath, stipitate or sessile, gregarious, with the margins of the sporangia sometimes confluent.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan

Cap umbilicate, slightly depressed in the centre, b; gills decurrent, i. e., running down the stem.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor

P. 4-7 mm. umbilicate, plicate, whitish or disc slightly tinged; g. attached to a free collar encircling the stem; s. 2-4 cm. glabrous, blackish, shining; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

Sporangium large, much depressed, hemispheric or lenticular, the base umbilicate, stipitate; the wall a firm, dark colored membrane, variegated with large and small irregular shining scales, greenish-yellow or straw color, rupturing irregularly.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan




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