pulverulent

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As might be anticipated, this has considerable effect on the contour of the spores, which in pulverulent species are shorter, broader, and more ovate than in the compact species.

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

P. campan. striate, tawny yellow when moist, ochre when dry, edge fimbriately toothed with the veil; g. adnate, yellow then ochre; s. rigid, pulverulent, yellowish; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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

The interior becomes pulverulent when the plant matures.

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

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