rufescent
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The specimen most closely resembles T. s. rufescens in having, as compared to T. s. ohionensis, brighter, more rufescent color, wider incisors, proportionately narrower interorbital region, and more widely spreading zygomatic arches.
From Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Rodents by E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond) Hall
P. 1-2 cm. tough, reniform, dry, rufescent then whitish; g. crowded, distinct, white; s.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 2-3 cm. plano-depr. obtuse, even, glabrous, rufescent then yellowish, hygr.; g. decur. crowded, tawny; s. 4-7 cm. fistulose, naked, narrowed upwards, whitish; sp.
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. flesh spongy, dry, exp. yellowish, almost glabrous; g. olive-grey; s. fibrous, rufescent, incurved; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
