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rufescent

[roo-fes-uhnt] / ruˈfɛs ənt /


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

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

P. 2-3 cm. thin, depr. subumb. rugose, punctate, wavy, dusky cinnamon, flesh grey then yellowish; g. adnate, pinkish rufous; s. 2-3 cm. stuffed, rufescent; milk watery, whitish; sp. 5-6.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Changed "palllid" to "pallid" on page 56: "pallid then rufescent."

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. convexo-plane, umbil. or depr. irreg. even, glabrous, rufescent; g. almost free, crowded, white then spotted black; s. apex thickened and silky, whitish, blackish when bruised; sp. 10-11 � 4-6.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George




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