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

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. campan. then exp. somewhat sooty, squamulose, viscid; g. reddish; s. solid, attenuated, delicately floccoso-downy then almost glabrous; volva small, floccose. speciosa, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

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 Massee, George

P. 1.5-2.5 cm. campan. then plane, umb. disc often tinged brown; g. flesh-colour; s. 2-3 cm. equal, subfistulose, silky; volva lax, usually 3-4 lobed; sp.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

Intermediate in size between V. speciosa and V. parvula; differs from former in glabrous s. and volva, and from latter in solid stem. parvula, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George