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pulverulent

[puhl-ver-yuh-luhnt, -ver-uh-luhnt] / pʌlˈvɛr yə lənt, -ˈvɛr ə lənt /
ADJECTIVE
fine
Synonyms
WEAK
diaphanous dusty ethereal exquisite filmy fine-drawn fine-grained fine-spun flimsy fragile gauzy gossamer gossamery granular impalpable light lightweight little loose minute porous powdered powdery pulverized pulverous quality slender small thin threadlike transparent

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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 Massee, George

P. fleshy, globose then hemisph. ochraceous, pulverulent, edge involute; g. distant, forked, pallid; s. fistulose, thick, obliquely sulcate and twisted, pallid.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 4-6 mm. hemispherical, brown, paler towards striate margin, sprinkled with minute particles; g. adnexed, sinuate; s. 1.5-2 cm. umber, paler upwards, everywhere pulverulent; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The interior becomes pulverulent when the plant matures.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

P. globose campan. umb. hygrophanous, pellucidly striate; g. free, white then dingy; s. pulverulent, white. plancus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George