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rufescent

[roo-fes-uhnt] / ruˈfɛs ənt /


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P. 5-9 cm. convex then infundib. edge involute, rufescent; g. soon tinged rufous; s. 4-6 cm. hollow, rigid, paler than p. flesh pallid; sp. subg. 4-5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

In color, T. b. pascalis differs from T. b. perpes in being duller, less rufescent.

From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall

P. glabrous, thin, exp. umbil. even, brownish, edge lobed; g. thick, crisped, rufescent; s. rigid, fistulose, black.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 3-6 cm. campan.-exp. umb. cracked, fibrillose, then torn into scales, pallid then rufescent; g. uncinato-adnate; s. 4-5 cm. solid, glabrous, fibrillose, striate, reddish-white; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 2-4 cm. convex, exp. obtusely umb. fibrillosely scaly, mouse-grey then pale; g. broad pale rufescent then mouse-grey; s. 3-4 cm. fuscous-fibrillose, apex naked, red inside; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee




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