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

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fuscous

P. 4-7 cm. convexo-plane, mouse-colour, with revolute, squarrose scales; g. grey then fuscous; s. 4-7 cm. thickened upwards, with rings of reflexed scales, pale above ring; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. convex, white, reticulately sulcate then cracked into wart-like areolae, polygonal, apex truncate and fuscous; g. with decur. tooth; s. solid, equal, white with bay scales, ring apical subobsolete. luxurians, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 2-3 cm. soon plane, obtuse, glabrous, fuscous, even; g. rounded, free, white; s. solid, short, 2-3 cm. whitish, apex white squamulose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. thin, infundib. almost glabrous, fuscous; the short stuffed stem and straight gills yellowish.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 4-6 cm. campan. then exp. umb. and wavy, smoky fuscous then pale; g. truncate behind, almost free; s. 5-7 cm. solid, narrowed from the thickened base, fibrous, naked, smoky purple; sp. rough, 8-10.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee