Umbonate

Definition of Umbonate:

part of speech: adjective

Having a conical or rounded protuberance.

Usage examples for Umbonate:

• The pileus is ovate to bell- shaped, convex, and finally more or less expanded, when the surface may be nearly flat or the center may be somewhat elevated or umbonate and the margin curved downward. "Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.", George Francis Atkinson.

• Sometimes the pileus is umbonate "Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.", George Francis Atkinson.

• The pileus is broadly umbonate fleshy at the center and thinner toward the margin, the flesh tinged with yellow, the surface slightly viscid, but not markedly so even when moist, smooth, not hairy or scaly, the thin margin extending little beyond ends of the gills. "Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.", George Francis Atkinson.

• The pileus is convex, sometimes slightly umbonate then plane, and in age somewhat depressed. "Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.", George Francis Atkinson.