umbonate
Americanadjective
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having an umbo or projecting boss.
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shaped like an umbo; having a rounded convex form.
an umbonate fungus.
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Cap thin, broad, sub-membranaceous, broadly umbonate, adorned with mealy evanescent scales, margin irregular; gills white, at length remote.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
Pileus thin, convex or nearly plain, sometimes almost umbonate, rough, with numerous granular scales, often radiately wrinkled, rusty-yellow or reddish-yellow, often growing paler with age.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
The pileus is one to two inches broad, globose, bell-shaped, then convex, umbonate, even, brownish-tan.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
Cap reddish or pinkish, broadly umbonate and clothed with adpressed scales; gills whitish, free, and close; stem nearly equal or slightly thickened at the base, with a well-developed persistent white or pinkish ring.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
The pileus is one to three lines broad, hemispherical, umbilicate, and minutely umbonate, plaited, smooth, membranaceous, margin crenate, white, or pale buff, with a dark umbilicus.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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