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violaceous

[vahy-uh-ley-shuhs] / ˌvaɪ əˈleɪ ʃəs /
ADJECTIVE
mauve
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They were amaranthine and violaceous and subtly velvet.

From The Guardian • Mar. 20, 2019

Spores globose, minutely warted, dark violaceous, 12–14 mic. in diameter.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Sporangia gregarious, sub-globose, rugulose-squamulose, .6–.8 mm., sulphur-yellow, stipitate; peridium membranous, covered with calcareous scales; stipe stout, white, charged with lime, furrowed; columella none; capillitium strongly calcareous, the nodules large, white; spores violaceous, rough, 9–11 �.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

Spores globose, even, pale violaceous, 8–10 mic. in diameter.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)

Spores globose, minutely warted, violaceous, 8–10 mic. in diameter.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)




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