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.
P. exp. obtuse, even, yellow then rufescent; g. yellow; s. solid, fibrillose, yellow. nictitans, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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 mm. striate, glabrous, rufescent or rosy; g. adnate, distant; s. 1-1.5 cm. glabrous, fuscous; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. subglobose then campan.-conic and umb. with scattered rufescent scales; g. free, white; s. fistulose, equal, colour of p.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George