pulverulent
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Burnt deposits are dark-coloured, or even pulverulent and useless.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
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. 4-5 cm. exp. umbo fleshy, broad, ochraceous with snow-white evanescent flecks; g. adnate with a decur. line, transversely striate; s. 5-7 cm. snow-white and pulverulent above, brownish squamulose below, ring superior; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The shells are sometimes entirely decomposed, forming a pulverulent marl; sometimes in a state of good preservation.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell
P. 2-3 cm. convexo-plane, yellow brown, ochre when dry; g. adnexed; s. 2-4 cm. fistulose, thin, pulverulent, yellowish, with a long filiform root; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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