fuscous

American  

[fuhs-kuhs] / ˈfʌs kəs /

adjective

1. of brownish-gray or dusky color.

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fuscous British  

/ ˈfʌskəs /

adjective

1. of a brownish-grey colour

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Etymology

Origin of fuscous

1655–65; < Latin fusc ( us ) dark, tawny, dusky + -ous

Example Sentences

P. campan. strongly umb. edge incurved then spreading and wavy, fuscous then livid; g. deeply emarginate, almost free, pallid; s. ventricose, stout, white. luridum, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. convex then umbil. fuscous violet; g. lilac; s. violet; sp. rough, 9 � 7. atrides, Lasch.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. conico-campan. fuscous; g. free, obovate, rosy; s. slender, glabrous, colour of p. hirsute below; sp. rough, 7-9. infula, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. conic then exp. umb. fuscous, fibrillosely scaly; g. white then greyish; s. fistulose, slender, floccose.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 3-6 cm. brown then pale, glabrous, convex then plane; g. crowded, tinged fuscous then pale; s. 2-2.5 cm. solid, rigid, brown outside and inside; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George