volva

American  

[vol-vuh] / ˈvɒl və /

noun

Mycology.

1. the membranous envelope that encloses the base of various mushrooms formed when the velum ruptures.

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volva British  

/ ˈvɒlvə, ˈvɒlvɪt, -veɪt /

noun

1. botany a cup-shaped structure that sheathes the base of the stalk of certain mushrooms

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volva Scientific  

/ vŏl′və,vôl′- /

1. A cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain basidiomycete fungi.

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Other Word Forms

• volvate
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of volva

1745–55; < Latin: covering, akin to volvere to roll, wrap

Example Sentences

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volva

Fungi with red caps or stems; mushrooms with white gills, skirts or rings on their stems; and any ’shrooms with a bulbous sack or volva are all worth avoiding.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2023

P. exp. even, glabrous, lurid, greenish-olive, &c.; g. free, white; s. solid, slightly thinner upwards, edge of volva free; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 6-10 cm. plane, margin striate, grey, yellow, brown, or white; g. pallid; s. 10-12 cm. narrowed upwards, minutely squamulose, volva large, margin free; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Differs from A. baccata in even p. and free margin of volva.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

P. 7-9 cm. obtuse, with bluish-violet gluten, disc brownish; g. adnexed, serrate; s. 6-7 cm. subbulbous, white, veil forming a volva at base; sp. ——. serarius, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George