floccose
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Stem short, not rooting, entering matrix abruptly, often with a small floccose tubercle at base.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 3-5 cm. convex-gibbous then exp. unequal, silky then squamulose, pale then rufo-fuscous; g. decur. greyish flesh-colour then fuscous; s. 3-5 cm. white then tawny, solid, rigid, floccose, ring apical, imperfect; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 5-7 cm. spherical then convex, snow-white, covered with floccose squamules; g. sinuate, white, then purple, at length brownish-purple, edge white; s. 3-6 cm. fistulose, curved, floccosely scaly, apex glabrous, ring floccose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. cylindric-clavate then exp. 1.5-2 cm. hyaline, striate, at first with white floccose squamules; g. free; s. 4-5 cm. white, downy at first, hollow; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Pileus with superficial, floccose scales which fall away. cascum, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
