Describing something with a whitish powdery or frosted surface coating, especially in botanical or mycological descriptions.
From Latin 'albus' (white) + 'pruinose' (from 'pruina' meaning frost or hoarfrost), describing a white waxy or powdery bloom.
Many plants and fungi have this whitish 'pruinose' coating as a natural sunscreen or water barrier—the 'albo-' prefix just emphasizes how distinctly white it appears.
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