Mrs. James found him there the next morning-a big, warty gray toad with a broad grin and a fat belly and an eye like a jewel-blinking sleepily after his night's hunting.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long
In the warty character of the spores this species differs from most of the species of the genus Clitocybe, and some writers place it in a different genus erected to accommodate the species of Clitocybe which have warty or spiny spores.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
Frequent cutting is at all times desirable, however, as it is best to let the heads get as large as they will before becoming loose and warty.
"The Cauliflower"
A. A. Crozier