The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner.
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Imbricate
Synonyms for "imbricate" (21 found)
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6 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- нареждам със застъпване verb (overlap in a regular pattern)
Catalan
1 entries- imbricar verb (overlap in a regular pattern)
French
1 entries- imbriquer verb (overlap in a regular pattern)
Icelandic
1 entries- skara verb (overlap in a regular pattern)
Portuguese
1 entries- imbricar verb (overlap in a regular pattern)
Spanish
1 entries- imbricar verb (overlap in a regular pattern)
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