fugacious

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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

Seeds globose or angled.—Stems terete, from coated bulbs, with few plicate leaves, and few fugacious flowers from 2-bracted spathes.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

P. 5-9 cm. ovate then exp. obtuse, even, glabrous, brownish or pinkish tan then pale; g. adnate, crowded; s. 4-7 cm. hollow, floccosely-fibrillose, white, ring distant, fugacious; sp. ——. hypsipoda, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Ring narrow, scarcely perceptible above the middle of the stem; remnants of the veil adhering to the margin of the cap as a fugacious web.Fig.

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

Spikelet more or less flattened, thicker than the slender or capillary culm, few–many-flowered; the thin membranaceous scales somewhat 2–3-ranked; style 3-cleft; bristles of the perianth 3–6, fragile or fugacious.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa