tomentum
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It is readily recognized by the red fibrillose tomentum which covers the entire plant when young.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
P. thin campan. then exp. tomentose, squamulose; g. free, grey then blackish; s. narrowed upwards, glabrous above, downy below, base with white tomentum.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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 caps are convex, covered with a tawny-brown fibrillose tomentum.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
It bears short-stalked ovate or oblong leaves, with strongly marked veins, and covered with a soft tomentum or down.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
