echinulate
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of echinulate
Example Sentences
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The spores are white, globose, echinulate, 3–4 µ.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis
P. white, tomentose; g. paler than type; sp. globose, echinulate, tinged red. depluens, Batsch.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
In general appearance they are much alike, the applanatus having a softer tissue and echinulate spores, but our common species, leucoph�us, has smooth spores.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
The sporidia in many cases are large, reticulated, echinulate or verrucose, and mostly somewhat globose.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
The spores, as usual when clustered, are conspicuously echinulate on the outer side.
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)
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