tomentum
Example Sentences
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It makes a dense bush, with medium-sized leaves, green above, and covered with a dense greyish tomentum beneath.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook
The stem is short and rather thick, often swollen, covered with a reddish-brown tomentum.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Pileus convex or expanded, dry, clothed with a very minute appressed tomentum, whitish.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
The stem is solid, tough and elastic, curved or straight, covered with a dense black tomentum, sometimes with violet shades.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
The stem is slender, three to five inches long, equal, hollow, clothed with a dense grayish velvety tomentum.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
