squamulose

[ skwam-yuh-lohs, skwey-myuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

squamulose

/ ˈskweɪ-; ˈskwæmjʊˌləʊs; -ˌləʊz /

1840–50; < Latin squāmula small scale ( squām ( a ) scale + -ula -ule ) + -ose ¹

C19: from Latin squāmula diminutive of squāma a scale

The stem is somewhat hollow, fibrillose and squamulose from the veil, farinaceous at the apex.

This is distinguished from the other species by the dry squamulose pileus and the color of the stem.

Differs from T. personatum in the short, stout, squamulose stem, and absence of purple tint on gills.

Brilliant golden orange; p. convex, squamulose or hirsuto-tomentose, umbil.

Superficially like S. aeruginosa, but dry and silky, innately squamulose, and brown g.

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