fugacious
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The Reporter, on the other hand, calls it "a fugacious bit of whimsy that can only be judged minor Woody Allen".
From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2014
P. 2-3 cm. convexo-plane, umb. even, glabrous but silky towards edge, yellowish; g. remote from stem, white then greyish-fuscous; s. 2-3 cm. fistulose, slender, ring fugacious.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Hymenophore continuous with the stem, veil woven into a fugacious web, which adheres to the margin of the pileus.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
P. 4-5 cm. thin, almost plane, subgibbous, hygr. yellow or tawny, golden and shining when dry; g. adnato-decur. crowded; s. soft, conical, snow-white, glutinous veil fugacious; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Ring narrow, scarcely perceptible above the middle of the stem; remnants of the veil adhering to the margin of the cap as a fugacious web.Fig.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
