pulverulent
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P. globose campan. umb. hygrophanous, pellucidly striate; g. free, white then dingy; s. pulverulent, white. plancus, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 1-2 cm. exp. subumb. even, glabrous, bluish-grey, with white meal when young; g. free, distant, broad, grey; s. 2-3 cm. pulverulent, grey; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 2-3 cm. greyish white, pulverulent, convex then depr. even, extreme edge persistently incurved; g. crowded, narrow, white; s. 3-4 cm. solid, whitish, slightly striate; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
The diffusion of these fruits is more or less complete according to their compact or pulverulent nature.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
In the Cæomacei, Ustilaginei, and Æcidiacei the pseudospores are pulverulent, as in some species of Puccinia, and are easily diffused by the motion of the leaves in the wind, or the contact of passing bodies.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
