pulverulent
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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 Thomas Taylor
The manyplies, or third stomach, contains between its laminæ hard, pulverulent, and dry alimentary substances, which are seen sticking to the different leaves.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon
P. 2-4 cm. camp. obtuse, edge denticulate, reddish disc darker; g. adnate, whitish, edge the same; s. 4-5 cm. reddish, white pulverulent, containing dusky red juice. cruenta, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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 George Massee
P. 2-5 cm. campan. then exp. pulverulent then scaly, silky, dingy brownish yellow; g. nearly or quite free, deep rose to blood-red; s. 3-5 cm. floccosely pulverulent up to imperfect ring, dull red, hollow; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
