lacunose
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of lacunose
First recorded in 1810–20, lacunose is from the Latin word lacūnōsus full of holes or gaps. See lacuna, -ose 1
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P. 3-5 cm. ovate, exp. lacunose, squamulose, discoid, umber-brown, edge ochre; g. adfixed; s. 5-9 cm. peronate with squarrose scales up to superior ring, scales at length falling away; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. 3-5 cm. infundib. wavy, lobed, flocculose, brownish then pale; g. thick, distant, much branched, smoky yellow, not pruinose; s. 4-7 cm. hollow, glabrous, lacunose, tawny-orange; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. exp. reddish brown, then tan colour, becoming lacunose, margin striate; g. adnexed, seceding, pallid then rufescent; s. 3-5 cm. villosely downy, lower portion coarsely strigose, yellowish; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
At the same time the lacunose protoplasm of each cell becomes divided into a number of corpuscles, which escape by the open extremity of the cylindrical neck.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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