pulverulent

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The variety papulatum is subrotund, sessile, papillose and pulverulent, the warts being nearly uniform in size.

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

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. 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

Most Lichens are flat expansions of grayish hue; some of them foliaceous in texture, but never of bright green color; more are crustaceous; some are wholly pulverulent and nearly formless.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

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