floccose
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of floccose
First recorded in 1745–55, floccose is from the Late Latin word floccōsus full of tufts of wool. See floccus, -ose 1
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P. 3-5 cm. exp. obtuse, rugulose, smoky, sprinkled with floccose bloom; g. flesh-colour; 3-4 cm. solid, rigid, striate, white; sp. subgl. echin. 5-6. var. lutescens, Fr.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 7-14 cm. convex, viscid, tawny with whitish deciduous scales; g. subdecur. white then brownish tan; s. 7-9 cm. solid, rather bulbous, white, ring floccose, soon disappearing; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Stem short, not rooting, entering matrix abruptly, often with a small floccose tubercle at base.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 5-7 cm. spherical then convex, snow-white, covered with floccose squamules; g. sinuate, white, then purple, at length brownish-purple, edge white; s. 3-6 cm. fistulose, curved, floccosely scaly, apex glabrous, ring floccose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. umbil. striate; g. arcuate; s. filiform, base white floccose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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