tomentum

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It is a small flat-topped tree of medium height, the leaves somewhat like those of the Hawthorn in shape, and covered with a thick grey tomentum; the fruits are small, black, and shining.

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

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 caps are convex, covered with a tawny-brown fibrillose tomentum.

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

Atrotomentosus is from ater, black, and tomentum, woolly or downy.

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

Coriaceous, tough, pale or whitish; stem well marked, branching from a point, branches numerous, tips pointed; white tomentum at the base of the stem.

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