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granulose

American  
[gran-yuh-lohs] / ˈgræn yəˌloʊs /

adjective

  1. granular.


granulose British  
/ -ˌləʊz, ˈɡrænjʊˌləʊs /

adjective

  1. a less common word for granular

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Etymology

Origin of granulose

First recorded in 1850–55; granule + -ose 1

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P. 5-12 cm. exp. cinnamon or with a pink tinge, dry, granulose or floccose, margin remotely sulcate; g. with decurrent line down stem, crowded; s. 5-8 cm., white, mealy; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Valves slightly beaked with minute concentric stri�, the lateral compartments with two marginal ridges, which in some specimens are granulose, in others smooth.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert

Differs from Hypholoma appendiculatum in granulose p. catarium, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Sporangia globose, stipitate, pale yellow, changing to clay-color; the wall thin and delicate, pellucid, minutely granulose, the upper part torn away and soon disappearing, the lower half more persistent.

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

Sporangium ovoid-oblong; the calyculus small, sulcate and ribbed, granulose.

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