tomentum

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It makes a dense bush, with medium-sized leaves, green above, and covered with a dense greyish tomentum beneath.

From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Cook, Ernest Thomas

The stem is sufficiently stout, unequal below, attenuated, flexuous or curved, smooth, of the same color as the cap, base acute, white tomentum outside, inside light pale-blue, or dark-gray.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The stem is equal, hollow, smooth, grayish-brown with a whitish mycelioid tomentum at the base.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Differs from C. Friesii in being at first covered with brown tomentum which breaks up into flecks.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The stem is firm, one to two inches long, unequal, rusty-brown, often covered with a dense tomentum.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha