furfuraceous
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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 Hard, Miron Elisha
Combretum presents several points in common with Rhamneæ; valvate calyx, and tendency to want of petals; to Elæagneæ in calyx and furfuraceous scales; a decandrous Rhamneæ would differ but little in flowers from Combretum.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
The only known Mycena with a furfuraceous pileus. luteoalba, Bolton.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Pileus thin, convex then deformed, squamulose or furfuraceous; g. adnate, broad; usually distant and powdered with the white spores. ectypa, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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 Atkinson, George Francis
