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punctate

[puhngk-teyt] / ˈpʌŋk teɪt /
ADJECTIVE
dotted
Synonyms
STRONG




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Leaves punctate under a lens with transparent dots.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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. exp. obtuse, dry, livid, tinged olive, glabrous then often squamulose or punctate, flesh reddish; g. pallid with greenish tinge; s. 5-10 cm. whitish, somewhat rooting; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. plano-depr. even, shining, black then smoky, glabrous but innately fibrillosely virgate; g. adnate, entirely whitish; s. 3-5 cm. blackish brown, black punctate upwards; sp. rough, 10 � 7.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George