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tuberculose

American  
[too-bur-kyuh-lohs, tyoo-] / tʊˈbɜr kjəˌloʊs, tjʊ- /

adjective

  1. tuberculate.


Etymology

Origin of tuberculose

1745–55; < New Latin tūberculōsus; see tubercle, -ose 1


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Ascophore—Fleshy, orange-red; head clavate, tuberculose; stem equal; sporidia long, breaking up into joints.

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

Differs from R. lutea in strong smell and tuberculose margin. var. major, Cke.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. exp. umbil. then infundib. dry, reddish orange, tuberculose near the even edge; g. crowded, white then tinged rose, finally colour of p.; s. solid, paler than p.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

The pileus is effused, fleshy, waxy, becoming hard, incrusting, variable, tuberculose or stalactitic, whitish, circumference similar; hymenium flocculose, pruinose, or evanescent.

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

P. 2-3 cm. almost membranaceous, conico-convex then exp., tuberculose striate to the middle, purplish livid then yellowish, disc brown; g. pale yellow, naked; s. 2-3 cm. yellowish white, soon hollow; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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