Definitionn. cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi
Last update: October 19, 2015
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As the plant develops the veil is ruptured; the lower portion forms a sheath or volva round the base of the stem, while the upper portion persists as white patches or scales or warts on the surface of the cap. The stem usually bears an upper ring of tissue, the B C Amanita muscaria. [Please select]
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One day, I was drawing one of our prettiest coprini (Coprinus sterquilinus, FRIES), which comes out of a little purse or volva. [Please select]
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When it prepares to make its appearance by lifting the fissured earth, it is a handsome ovoid formed by the outer wrapper, the volva. [Please select]
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), a magnificent white dome rising out of an ample volva and fringed at the edges with floury relics resembling flakes of casein. [Please select]
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