Meaning of vinescent | Babel Free

Definitions

changing to a wine-red colour.

Examples

“7 July 1965, in humus in the forest, Gallego, 800 m altitude; to 10 cm high, fuscous cinnamon, clear cinnamon-ochraceous upwards to the cinnamon-orange or orange-ochraceous tips, tissue slowly vinescent on bruising; [...]”

“Vinescent or browning when bruised; fructifications up to 10 cm. high, [...]”

“...all parts easily weakly vinescent around soil particles.”

“In one (Watling 14834) the colours were merely reported as such, while in the other (Walling 14806), the lavender colour was linked to handling or bruising of the specimen. From notes accompanying TENN 41224, this is a vinescent response, not a naturally occurring pigmentation.”

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