rufescent

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Similar to No. 581a, but larger, W. 2.7, with longer, more slender and more compressed bill; still less strongly contrasted markings, and duller, less rufescent colors.

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

P. 1-2 cm. conico-campan. striate, atomate, grey, disc rufescent when dry; g. adnexed; s. 3-5 cm. flexuous, silky, white; sp. 8-10 � 4-5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. campan.-convex, gibbous, dusky rufous, pannose when dry; g. free, blackish; s. stout, rigid, ascending, flocculose, rufescent, veil arachnoid.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 7-10 cm. expanded, margin at first involute, sulcate and rugulose, viscid, whitish then tinged rufous; g. narrow rufescent; s. 5-8 cm. pale, apex squamulose; sp. subg. 5-6. militare, Lasch.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Similar to No. 758, but back, tail, and flanks without brownish or rufescent tinge.

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