pulverulent

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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 Massee, George

The manyplies, or third stomach, contains between its laminæ hard, pulverulent, and dry alimentary substances, which are seen sticking to the different leaves.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

P. 1-2 cm. conical then convexo-plane, viscid, striate, grey, livid, rosy, &c.; g. free, ventricose, saffron-ochre; s. thin, pulverulent, subincurved, white; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

When specimens are very old and decaying, the interior may become pulverulent or deliquescent.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)