squamulose

American  

[skwam-yuh-lohs, skwey-myuh-] / ˈskwæm yəˌloʊs, ˈskweɪ myə- /

adjective

1. furnished or covered with tiny scales.

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squamulose British  

/ ˈskweɪ-, ˈskwæmjʊˌləʊs, -ˌləʊz /

adjective

1. (esp of plants or their parts) covered with minute scales

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Etymology

Origin of squamulose

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

Example Sentences

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. soon plane, dry, brown, glabrous then squamulose; g. crowded, white, broad and obliquely truncate in front; s.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 5-8 cm. expanded, obtuse, squamulose, dark brown, cracked into patches, flesh like that of stem saffron-red when broken; g. free; s. 6-8 cm. bulbous, whitish, ring rather loose; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 7-10 cm. expanded, margin at first involute, sulcate and rugulose, viscid, whitish then tinged rufous; g. narrow rufescent; s. 5-8 cm. pale, apex squamulose; sp. subg. 5-6. militare, Lasch.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 6-10 cm. plane, margin striate, grey, yellow, brown, or white; g. pallid; s. 10-12 cm. narrowed upwards, minutely squamulose, volva large, margin free; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. exp. obtuse, dry, livid, tinged olive, glabrous then often squamulose or punctate, flesh reddish; g. pallid with greenish tinge; s. 5-10 cm. whitish, somewhat rooting; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George