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

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. 2-3 cm. exp. glabrous, hygr. edge striate, honey-colour then pale; g. adnate, crowded; s. 3-5 cm. not scaly, ring fugacious, dark base with white velvety down; sp. 7-8 � 4.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. acutely conical then plane, slightly striate, disc pale yellowish-pink, rest greyish blue, with minute fugacious scales; g. adnexed; s. white, floccosely pruinose, then glabrous, hollow; sp. 10-13 � 6-8.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 4-5 cm. thin, almost plane, subgibbous, hygr. yellow or tawny, golden and shining when dry; g. adnato-decur. crowded; s. soft, conical, snow-white, glutinous veil fugacious; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George