floccose

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Pileus and stem floccose or fibrillose at first from the universal veil. frustulenta, Fr.

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Stem hollow and floccose, narrow at top, ventricose; ring evanescent.

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This is a large and beautiful plant in the woods, and easily identified because of its floccose nature and the large bulb at the base of the stem.

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The stem usually tapers downward, is firm, stuffed, smooth, or with remnants of the veil giving it a floccose scaly appearance, usually ascending because of the crowded growth.

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Stem short, not rooting, entering matrix abruptly, often with a small floccose tubercle at base.

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