The shoots are rough and scaly when the leaf fascicles have fallen, yellow-to red-brown, foliage shoots with prominent, decurrent pulvini.
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The decurrent leaf base with wings up to 6 cm long ( as opposed to 1 to 2 cm in " N . hurrelliana " ).
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If distinguished, it is on the basis that build is more robust, the gills are less decurrent and the margin has a tendency to crack up.
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The generic name means " winged stem, " referring to the decurrent leaf bases that give the appearance of wings running down the sides of the stems.
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Leaves are alternate and simple, up to 25 x 8 cm in clusters at the ends of branchlets, oblanceolate with obtuse-rounded apex, and decurrent base.
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Often found in similar habitats is " S . variegatus ", though this species has a granular cap and dark olive pores, which are smaller and not decurrent.
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It is derived from a word or expression which means " running down " ( referring to the way the lamellae run down the stem-they are " decurrent " ).
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A " decurrent branching habit " is a plant form common for shrubs and most angiosperm trees, contrasted with the excurrent or " cone-shaped crown " common among many gymnosperms.
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Initially, are completely covered with a slimy veil, breaking through to reveal a greyish or brownish-capped mushroom with decurrent greyish gills which sometimes resembles a child's top.
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The general color is brown, varied with fawn color, with a white zone at the base of each whorl, a broader decurrent band towards the middle of the body whorl.
