squamulose

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

/ ˈskwæm yəˌloʊs, ˈskweɪ myə- /

furnished or covered with tiny scales.

Origin of squamulose

1840–50; < Latin squāmula small scale ( squām(a) scale + -ula -ule) + -ose¹

Squamellate, or Squamulose, furnished with little scales (Squamell, or Squamul).

The Elements of Botany |Asa Gray
Differs from C. bulbillosus in squamulose pileus and strigose bulb.

European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae |George Massee
Differs from T. personatum in the short, stout, squamulose stem, and absence of purple tint on gills.

European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae |George Massee
Allied to C. micaceus; differs in squamulose and not micaceous p.

European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae |George Massee

Differs from C. atramentarius in squamulose truncate disc, stuffed stem, and larger spores.

European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae |George Massee

squamulose

/ (ˈskwæmjʊˌləʊs, -ˌləʊz, ˈskweɪ-) /

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

C19: from Latin squāmula diminutive of squāma a scale