volva
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of volva
1745–55; < Latin: covering, akin to volvere to roll, wrap
Example Sentences
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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. 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
P. exp. pale dingy yellow with tinge of red, with scattered white scales; g. free, white, broadest in front; s. white, squamulose below the ring, base bulbous, volva ample margin free.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
P. 3-5 cm. exp. obtuse, viscid, silky when dry, white or disc tinged brown; g. rosy; s. 4-7 cm. solid, equal, glabrous, white; volva lobed; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
Whole young fungus enclosed in a white volva, patches of which often remain on p.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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