violaceous
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2019
Plasmodium violaceous, dark; cortex almost none; whole mass reddish or violet F. violacea 1.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
Spores globose, usually some shade of umber or olivaceous, rarely violaceous.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
C. nigra OO Spore-mass violaceous or purplish 9.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
Lilac or violaceous tints attracted attention in the spores of C. persoonii only; in C. pulchella all is ferruginous.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
