rufescent

[roo-fes-uhnt] / ruˈfɛs ənt /

NOUN

red

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cardinal coral crimson flaming glowing maroon rose wine

STRONG

blooming blush brick burgundy carmine cerise cherry chestnut claret copper dahlia fuchsia garnet geranium infrared magenta pink puce ruby russet rust salmon sanguine scarlet titian vermilion

WEAK

bloodshot florid flushed healthy inflamed roseate rosy rubicund ruddy

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P. 2-5 cm. exp. glabrous, dingy tan; g. white then pallid; s. 5-7 cm. narrowed upwards, rufescent, woolly-hirsute; sp. 6-7 � 3-4.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 7-9 cm. obtuse, wavy, glabrous, viscid, bay or rufescent, granular or spotted; g. almost free, white then tinged rufous; s. 5-8 cm. white, floccosely squamulose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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. campan.-convex, obtuse, slightly striate, rufescent; g. distant; s. even, glabrous, yellow. var. squamulosa, Karst.

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.

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