tomentum
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P. tomentosa China and Japan Pinkish This is a pretty, small branching shrub, with stout leaves covered with a thick tomentum; the flowers are followed by small red fruits.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook
The cap is thick, hemispherical or convex, dry, covered with downy scales or bundles of red hairs, yellowish beneath the tomentum, often cracked in areas.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Differs from C. Friesii in being at first covered with brown tomentum which breaks up into flecks.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
It is dwarf, spreading, little more than a foot high, with ovate leaves with brownish tomentum on the under surface.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook
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
