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fibrillose

American  
[fahy-bruhl-ohs, fi-bruhl-ohs] / ˈfaɪ brəl oʊs, ˈfɪ brəl oʊs /

adjective

  1. covered with or composed of fibrils.


Other Word Forms

  • fibrillosis noun

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Often confounded with n. 34, but easily distinguished by the non-cespitose habit, sheaths not fibrillose, and the short scales very obtuse.

From Project Gutenberg

P. fleshy, exp. brown or purple brown, glabrous then minutely broken up into fascicles of fibrils; g. fleshy, crowded, distant from s.; s. white, fibrillose, thickened at base, ring large, soon free. densifolia, Gill.

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It may be hollow or stuffed, solid or fibrillose.

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The stem is three to four inches long, hollow, cylindrical, fibrillose, striated, colored like the pileus, turning black when handled.

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The veil is only seen in the young stage, and then is very delicate and fibrillose.

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