rufescent
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Similar to No. 726c, but colors more dusky and less rufescent; similar to No. 726b, but much darker; light centers of feathers on head and back much reduced.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
Similar to No. 372, but darker both above and below, dark markings everywhere heavier; flanks, legs and feet more rufescent.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
P. 2-3 cm. diaphanous, obtuse, striate to middle, reddish or pinkish; g. adnate white; s. 4-6 cm. tinged pinkish rufescent, squamulose, base cottony; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. convexo-plane, umbil. or depr. irreg. even, glabrous, rufescent; g. almost free, crowded, white then spotted black; s. apex thickened and silky, whitish, blackish when bruised; sp. 10-11 � 4-6.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Similar to No. 581a, but larger, W. 2.7, with longer, more slender and more compressed bill; still less strongly contrasted markings, and duller, less rufescent colors.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.
