tomentum
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It is a small flat-topped tree of medium height, the leaves somewhat like those of the Hawthorn in shape, and covered with a thick grey tomentum; the fruits are small, black, and shining.
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
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 sufficiently stout, unequal below, attenuated, flexuous or curved, smooth, of the same color as the cap, base acute, white tomentum outside, inside light pale-blue, or dark-gray.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
P. 6-12 cm. compact, excentric, gibbous then plano-infundib. dry, torn into granules, rusty; g. adnate, yellowish; s. solid, rooting, densely covered with blackish tomentum; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
