resupinate
Americanadjective
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bent backward.
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Botany. inverted; appearing as if upside down.
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of resupinate
1770–80; < Latin resupīnātus bent backward, turned back (past participle of resupīnāre ), equivalent to re- re- + supīn- ( see supine) + -ātus -ate 1
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P. 1-2 cm. resupinate, plano-depr. orbicular, pallid scurfy or downy, edge involute; g. ochraceous; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Poria is composed of resupinate species with the pores normally in a single series, the whole stratum spread over, and adhering to the matrix.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Pileus at first resupinate; gills radiating from an excentric point; then reflexed, sessile.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Glœporus is a form of resupinate Polyporus, except that the hymenium or pore-bearing surface is gelatinous instead of being firm.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
P. resupinate, flattened, sessile, adnate, downy, edge free; g. radiating from a point, amethyst.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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