rufescent
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Differs from 758 and 758a, in more rufescent coloration on the flanks; sides and upper surface usually paler than No. 758.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
P. exp. obtuse, even, yellow then rufescent; g. yellow; s. solid, fibrillose, yellow. nictitans, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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
P. 7-9 cm. obtuse, wavy, glabrous, viscid, bay or rufescent, granular or spotted; g. almost free, white then tinged rufous; s. 5-8 cm. white, floccosely squamulose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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
