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 /

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

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Etymology

Origin of volva

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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. 1-1.5 cm. convex then exp. and umb., disc tinged tawny, rest whitish, striate; g. pale salmon; s. 1.5-2.5 cm. whitish, volva rather large, lobed; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. thin, campan. then exp. naked, pectinately sulcate, maroon or brownish; g. annulato-adnexed; s. ventricose, volva large, lax. lenticularis, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. 5-8 cm. umb. even, blackish with white squamules; g. free; s. 10-15 cm. pale tawny; margin of volva free; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

P. convex then exp. white or with a reddish tinge, glabrous, dry; g. crowded; s. white or tinged yellow, solid, glabrous; ring persistent; volva white, large. volvacea, Bull.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee

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