pulverulent
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As might be anticipated, this has considerable effect on the contour of the spores, which in pulverulent species are shorter, broader, and more ovate than in the compact species.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
Its wood is of a yellow colour merging into green, and has an almost pulverulent fracture; the flowers are yellow and conspicuous; and the fruit is dry and 4-winged.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
The variety papulatum is subrotund, sessile, papillose and pulverulent, the warts being nearly uniform in size.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
This genus is distinguished by a cob-web-like veil, dry persistent gills, which in the mature plants become discolored, and pulverulent with the rusty or ochraceous colored spores.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
P. 2-4 cm. camp. obtuse, edge denticulate, reddish disc darker; g. adnate, whitish, edge the same; s. 4-5 cm. reddish, white pulverulent, containing dusky red juice. cruenta, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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