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
Example Sentences
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P. 3-5 cm. across, campan. whitish, apex tinged brown, at first with evanescent floccose scales; g. reaching stem; s. 8-12 cm. smooth, white, hollow, swollen at base and rooting; sp. 10-11 � 6-7.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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 Massee, George
Pileus viscid, stem also often so; secondary veil floccose, forming a ring or attached to edge of p.; s. squamulose, or scabrid at apex; g. adnato-decur.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. hemispher. exp. glabrous, hygr.; g. adnate, white, then fuscous; s. fistulose, short, slender, somewhat shining, base thickened and white floccose, apex striate. egenulum, B. and Br.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. convex, umbil. diaphanous, striate; g. very distant, thin, broad; s. equal, base radiately floccose; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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