Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A group of actinozoans, comprising those which are sheathed in a calcareous or corneous polypary; the sheathed polyps, as the sclerodermic and sclerobasic corals. See
Zoantharia .
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Examples
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A few examples of conspicuous endemic species are shrubs such as Adesmia pinifolia, Chuquiraga ruscifolia and Chuquiraga echegarayi, cushions such as Adesmia subterranea, Azorella cryptantha, Laretia acaulis and Oxychloe bisexualis, forbs such as Senecio uspallatensis, Chaetanthera pentacaenoides and C. spathulata, and tussock grasses such as Stipa ruiz-lealii, Stipa speciosa var. breviglumis and several forms of Stipa vaginata.
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In addition, there are different edaphic communities such as the woods of Prosopis scrubs of Baccharis salicifolia (chilca) and Tessaria dodonaefolia (pájaro bobo) in humid places, Atriplex in clayish soils and Suaeda divaricata and Allenrolfea vaginata in salty soils.
Argentine Monte 2007
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Sometimes the floccose matter would cling together more or less, and portions of it remained as patches on the lower part of the stem, while depauperate forms of _A. vaginata_ would have a somewhat reduced volva, but in no case did I find intermediate stages between the two kinds of volva.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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In habit it resembles strikingly forms of _Amanitopsis vaginata_, but the volva is entirely different (Fig. 78).
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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_A. vaginata_, is a quite common and widely distributed plant in woods.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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= A. nivalis = Grev., an entirely white plant regarded by some as only a white form of = A. vaginata =.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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Although _A. vaginata_ was common in the same locality, I searched in vain for intermediate forms which I thought might be found.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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A second amanita, the sheathed amanita (Amanita vaginata, BULL.), prettily streaked on the edges of the cap, is of an exquisite flavor, almost equal to the imperial.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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E. candidifrinius, collo nullo probofcide vaginata: aculec rum uncinatorum ordiiiibus pluribus, papiilis luAoriL fenis.
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