pulverulent
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The interior becomes pulverulent when the plant matures.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
In Coleosporium there are two kinds of spores, one kind consisting of pulverulent single cells, and the other of elongated septate cells, which break up into obovate joints.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
P. 8-14 cm. hemispher. exp. obtuse, somewhat velvety, pulverulent or obsoletely squamulose, golden tawny; g. adnexed, ventricose, paler than p.; s. 10-16 cm. stuffed, nearly equal, even; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
As might be anticipated, this has considerable effect on the contour of the spores, which in pulverulent species are shorter, broader, and more ovate than in the compact species.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
When specimens are very old and decaying, the interior may become pulverulent or deliquescent.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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