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fugacious

[fyoo-gey-shuhs] / fjuˈgeɪ ʃəs /


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The Reporter, on the other hand, calls it "a fugacious bit of whimsy that can only be judged minor Woody Allen".

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2014

Hymenophore continuous with the stem, veil woven into a fugacious web, which adheres to the margin of the pileus.

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

P. exp. dry, almost glabrous, golden or orange tawny; g. yellowish-white spotted tawny; s. silky then striate, pallid, very fugacious flocculose veil white; sp. 8-9 � 4-5. hybrida, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Differs from L. procera in smaller size and more especially in the fugacious ring.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. exp. edge striate, squamulose, whitish, cuticle broken into greyish tawny areolae or scales; g. broad, whitish, brownish when bruised; s. yellowish-white, squamulose, ring thin, fugacious.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George




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