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P. almost plane, even, rather viscid, dingy yellow disc tinged rusty, then pale; g. adnate with decur. tooth, rusty; s. fibrously stuffed, equal, fibrillose, shining white; sp. 8-9 � 4-5. vervacti, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

S. longer, equal, partly hollow, apex fibrously scaly; g. distant. var. elegans, Lindgr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 2-3 cm. convex, obtusely umb. fibrously scaly, edge rather striate at length splitting, fuscous then yellowish rufous; g. uncinato-adnexed; s. 2-2.5 cm. pallid, white-fibrillose, base rather narrowed; sp. 10-12 � 5.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

She was about as exotic as a flowering weed which can spring so strongly and so fibrously from slack.

From Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It by Hurst, Fannie

P. acutely conical then exp. umbil. pellucidly striate, olive; g. lanceolate, white then rufous-brown; s. fibrously striate, brownish-white, base thickened, somewhat floccosely rooting. antipoda, Lasch.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George