rufescent

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P. 2-3 cm. diaphanous, obtuse, striate to middle, reddish or pinkish; g. adnate white; s. 4-6 cm. tinged pinkish rufescent, squamulose, base cottony; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. convex then plane, even, viscid, granular, rufescent or yellowish; g. free; s. 2-3 cm.; s. dry, whitish floccosely squamulose up to ring; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 4-7 mm. camp. umb. striate, pinkish, rufescent, white, &c., often pruinose; g. narrow; s. 2-3 cm. curved, base downy; sp. 7-8 � 3.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

They resemble C. n. rufus in small size and cranial characters, but are more nearly C. n. gregoryi in the darker, less brightly rufescent color of the pelage.

From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Differs from 758 and 758a, in more rufescent coloration on the flanks; sides and upper surface usually paler than No. 758.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.