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pulverulent

[puhl-ver-yuh-luhnt, -ver-uh-luhnt] / pʌlˈvɛr yə lənt, -ˈvɛr ə lənt /
ADJECTIVE
fine
Synonyms
WEAK
diaphanous dusty ethereal exquisite filmy fine-drawn fine-grained fine-spun flimsy fragile gauzy gossamer gossamery granular impalpable light lightweight little loose minute porous powdered powdery pulverized pulverous quality slender small thin threadlike transparent

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P. elliptic-oblong then campan. striate, snow-white edge becoming rosy, pulverulent, with tawny flecks; g. free; s.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 1-2 cm. exp. subumb. even, glabrous, bluish-grey, with white meal when young; g. free, distant, broad, grey; s. 2-3 cm. pulverulent, grey; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. convexo-plane, yellow brown, ochre when dry; g. adnexed; s. 2-4 cm. fistulose, thin, pulverulent, yellowish, with a long filiform root; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. hemispher. striate, pruinosely pulverulent, dry, tough, reddish-fuscous; g. numerous, unequal, entire, adnate, fuscous; s. slender, glabrous, reddish, dry, tough; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 5-8 mm. orbicular, umbil. pallid, smooth; g. decur. pallid; s. 1-1.5 cm. slender, cylindrical, white then darker, pulverulent; sp. ——. replexus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George