rufescent
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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.
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.
P. 7-10 cm. expanded, margin at first involute, sulcate and rugulose, viscid, whitish then tinged rufous; g. narrow rufescent; s. 5-8 cm. pale, apex squamulose; sp. subg. 5-6. militare, Lasch.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. 1-2 cm. dimidiate, sessile and fixed by a downy nodule, white, marginate behind, variegated with minute rufescent scales; g. radiating from base, at length brownish rusty; sp. ——. haustellaris, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. 2-5 cm. exp. viscid, even, yellowish tan disc darker and wrinkled; g. white then tinged rufescent; s. 4-6 cm. fibrillose, apex naked, white tinged rufous; sp. subgl. 4-5. flavobrunneum, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
