pulverulent

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P. very acuminate, striate, flocculose; g. decur. branched; s. filiform, pulverulent, the slight bulb hairy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

The variety papulatum is subrotund, sessile, papillose and pulverulent, the warts being nearly uniform in size.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Fronds mostly chaffy, woolly, or pulverulent, rarely smooth.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

In this pulverulent state the gold is mixed with 1⁄12th of its weight of oxide of bismuth, together with a small quantity of borax and gum water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

P. 1-1.5 cm. convex then plane, subumb. glabrous, viscid, silky at margin, whitish; g. white then fuscescent; s. 2-3 cm. fistulose, contorted, pulverulent; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George