tomentose
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tomentose
From the New Latin word tōmentōsus, dating back to 1690–1700. See tomentum, -ose 1
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P. convex, subdepr. subturbinate, not umb. reddish yellow, g. decur. pallid; s. pallid, equal, floccosely tomentose; sp. 3.7-5.5.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Differs from L. hispida in pileus not being tomentose, and paler colour.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 8-15 cm. convex then plane, glabrous, livid then pale, spotted; g. adnexed, broad, whitish; s. 1-3 cm. base thickened, tomentose; sp. 5-6, glob. tessulatus, Bull.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Aments more loosely flowered, less silky; capsules more thinly tomentose; style longer; stigma-lobes laciniate; leaves narrower.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
P. coriaceous, rigid, convex, tomentose, obsoletely zoned, disc hoary, edge with broad rusty band; g. densely anastomosing, pallid.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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