The Shroomery Mycology Glossary

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F 
farinaceous smells and tastes of flour
fibrillose used of cap or stem surface with thin thread-like filaments which are more or less parallel
fibrose composed of tough, stringy material
filamentous of caps with a cuticle composed of elongate hyphae as in the mycelium (not globose cells)
fimbriate fringed with cystidia or finely torn
floccose covered in loose cottony scales
foetid with a strong offensive smell. (also spelled "fetid")
free gills do not attach to the stem
fugaceous soon disappearing e.g. used of scales
furfuraceous covered in tiny particles like sand grains
fusiform spindle-shaped tapering at both ends

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