pulverulent

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P. obovate or reniform, lateral, not immarginate behind, sessile, entire, edge lobed, convex, grey, base blackish, minutely pulverulent; g. grey, simple; sp. glob. 3-5. tremulus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. very acuminate, striate, flocculose; g. decur. branched; s. filiform, pulverulent, the slight bulb hairy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-5 cm. campan. then exp. pulverulent then scaly, silky, dingy brownish yellow; g. nearly or quite free, deep rose to blood-red; s. 3-5 cm. floccosely pulverulent up to imperfect ring, dull red, hollow; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

When specimens are very old and decaying, the interior may become pulverulent or deliquescent.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

P. 1-2 cm. conical then convexo-plane, viscid, striate, grey, livid, rosy, &c.; g. free, ventricose, saffron-ochre; s. thin, pulverulent, subincurved, white; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George