tomentum

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The stem is short and rather thick, often swollen, covered with a reddish-brown tomentum.

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

Leaf medium to large, slightly oblong, with large, deeply-cut compound teeth; basal sinus widely opened, primary sinuses narrow and shallow; smooth on both sides with scattered tomentum below, bright green above, lighter below.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

The surface is covered with a fine and dense tomentum.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

It is an upright-growing tree, 30 feet to 40 feet high, with large serrated leaves, covered beneath with a dense silvery tomentum.

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

As the plant expands the reddish tomentum is broken into scales of the same color, revealing the yellowish color of the pileus beneath.

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