tomentum
Americannoun
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tomenta
plural
noun
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a feltlike covering of downy hairs on leaves and other plant parts
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a network of minute blood vessels occurring in the human brain between the pia mater and cerebral cortex
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Origin of tomentum
1690–1700; < New Latin tōmentum, Latin: stuffing (of wool, hair, etc.) for cushions
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The upper surface of the pileus is smooth, or sometimes more or less covered with a tomentum similar to that on the margin.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
As the plant expands the reddish tomentum is broken into scales of the same color, revealing the yellowish color of the pileus beneath.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
P. tomentosa China and Japan Pinkish This is a pretty, small branching shrub, with stout leaves covered with a thick tomentum; the flowers are followed by small red fruits.
From Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook
The stem is short, solid or with a slight cavity, often slightly thickened at the top, pruinose, gray, with a white, mycelioid tomentum at the base.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
P. 6-12 cm. compact, excentric, gibbous then plano-infundib. dry, torn into granules, rusty; g. adnate, yellowish; s. solid, rooting, densely covered with blackish tomentum; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
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