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rufescent

[roo-fes-uhnt] / ruˈfɛs ənt /


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P. 6-8 cm. obtuse, viscid, brown, streaked with fibrils, disc papillose; g. broad, whitish; s. 3-5 cm. equal, rufescent, solid, flesh white; sp. 4-6 � 3-5. irregulare, Karst.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 4-7 mm. camp. umb. striate, pinkish, rufescent, white, &c., often pruinose; g. narrow; s. 2-3 cm. curved, base downy; sp. 7-8 � 3.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Similar to No. 758, but back, tail, and flanks without brownish or rufescent tinge.

From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Chapman, Frank M.

P. 2-4 cm. obtuse, flaccid, glabrous, rufescent then pallid; g. closely crowded; s. 6-12 cm. more or less compressed, rufous, everywhere with white down; sp. subgl. 7-9.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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




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