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Antenn� subfusiform, gradually thickest towards the end, the tip abruptly terminating in a very short slender incurved hook; ciliated in the male, simple and more slender in the female.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

In the Cæomacei, the pseudospores are more or less globose or ovate, sometimes laterally compressed and simple; and in Pucciniæi, they are elongated, often subfusiform and septate.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

Shell ovate, subfusiform, tuberculated, flesh-coloured, with two bands of red spots interspersed with minute dots; pillar 4 plaited.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume III or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

The spores are oblong or subfusiform, pointed at the ends, uninucleate, .0003 inch long, .00016 broad.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha