punctate

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At the period of maturity, the epispore is a slightly thickened, resistant membrane, of a yellowish-brown colour, and finely punctate.

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

Corolla dotted or streaked with purple or brown; leaves punctate with dark spots — 12. 11b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan

Superficial, usually epidermal, linear or punctate loss of tissue; as, for example, ordinary scratch-marks.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

It is not shaggy, but is spotted with minute, innate punctate scales.

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

P. 3-5 cm. soon plane, minutely punctate, tawny, margin striate; g. adnate, pallid; s. 3-4 cm. hollow, coloured like p.; milk whitish, watery; sp. 9-10. var. pauper, Karst.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George