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

Embryo straight.—Trees, with alternate serrate pinnately veined leaves and fugacious stipules.

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

They have a fugacious, persistent friable ring, and are liable to be confused with the Cortinarii, unless attention is paid to the spidery veil and the iron-rust tint of the spores of the latter.

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

P. 3-7 cm. convexo-exp. glabrous, tawny brick-red; g. adnate, bright tawny cinnamon; s. 6-7 cm. subbulbous, dingy white, peronate, ring spurious, fugacious; sp.

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