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furfuraceous

[fur-fyuh-ray-shuhs, -fuh-] / ˌfɜr fjəˈreɪ ʃəs, -fə- /


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The stem is stuffed, tapering downward, whitish, furfuraceous near the cap.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

The only known Mycena with a furfuraceous pileus. luteoalba, Bolton.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

They are very slender, tubular, the mouth somewhat enlarged, the margin of the tubes pale cream color and minutely mealy or furfuraceous, with numerous irregular, roughened threads.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson

The stem is equal or slightly tapering upward; reticulated, either wholly or in upper part only; colored like the pileus or a little paler, sometimes slightly furfuraceous.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard

P. 2-2.5 cm. very thin, expanded, furfuraceous with shining particles, pale, sulcate; g. adnate, snow-white; s. 6-7 cm. silky, striate; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee


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