granulose
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of granulose
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Sporangium depressed-globose, umbilicate at the apex, stipitate, cernuous, purplish-brown in color; the calyculus granulose within, occupying from one-fourth to one-third of the sporangium, the ribs united by firm, persistent fibers.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
Brucke gave the name erythrogranulose to a substance nearly related to granulose, but with a stronger affinity for iodine, and receiving from it not a blue but a red color.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
Cap thin, wrinkled or corrugated, granulose, mealy; gills white, reaching the stem, sometimes free.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Sporangia obovoid to oblong, sessile, closely crowded and irregular from mutual pressure; the wall thin, yellow, shining, punctulate or minutely granulose.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
A few of the species are characterized by a smooth cap; in some instances it is granulose or mealy.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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