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floccose

[flok-ohs] / ˈflɒk oʊs /


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P. conic then exp. umb. fuscous, fibrillosely scaly; g. white then greyish; s. fistulose, slender, floccose.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. subcampan. greyish yellow, with a floccose greyish white veil then pubescent, sulcate, 4-5 mm.; g. free; s. 5-7 cm. white, downy, striate, base swollen; sp. 7-8 � 6-7.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Stem short, not rooting, entering matrix abruptly, often with a small floccose tubercle at base.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 5-9 cm. fragile, plane, subumb. pale brick red, broken up into floccose squamules; g. decurrent, soon ochraceous; s. 5-8 cm. brick red, pruinosely pubescent; milk scanty, white, rather sweet; sp. 8-9.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. convex, exp. gibbous, even, rufous-tan then pale, glabrous; g. pallid then honey-colour; s. narrowed below, hollow, contorted, pallid, apex with white floccose scales; sp. 6-9 � 4-5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George




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