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Definition of Pholiota destruens
1. Noun. A large fungus with whitish scales on the cap and remnants of the veil hanging from the cap; the stalk is thick and hard.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pholiota Destruens
Literary usage of Pholiota destruens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees by George Massee (1915)
"pholiota destruens (Brond.). A very destructive parasite on poplars ; also attacks
birch and willow. Pholiota mutabilis (Schaeff.). Pre-eminently the stump ..."
2. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1899)
"densely tufted, dry, yellowish- brown ; pileus and stem, up to the ring, ornamented
with projecting brown scales. Smell strong. pholiota destruens (Brond.). ..."
3. A Text-book of Plant Diseases Caused by Cryptogamic Parasites by George Massee (1907)
"... up to the superior, floccose, radiating ring, stuffed; spores elliptical,
ferruginous, 7X3/*. pholiota destruens ..."