Volva

In Subvolva the situation is less drastic, thanks to “Volva,” the moon, yet the cold is more extreme, the heat more intense than anything experienced by man in this world.

COSMIC VOYAGES MARJORIE HOPE NICOLSON 1968

In Table I., column headed “Volva,” Amanita is mentioned, and also in the column headed “Ring,” but this indicates that an Amanita has both the Volva (the universal veil) and the Ring.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

Volva more or less buried in the ground, bursting open in a torn manner at the apex, with a loose border.

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

= 2 = -- = Volva = present and distinct, annulus wanting.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

= 6 = -- = Volva = and annulus present on the stipe.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

Volva, a wrapper or envelope, which in the young stage completely surrounds the plant, same as universal veil.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886

Volva volva volva probably gives you some clue as to how insistent Linnaeus was that a certain sea snail had a shell shaped like a part of a lady's anatomy.

Boing Boing Maggie Koerth-Baker 2010

This term includes not only the Perianth, which is often exclufively called the calyx j but alfo the Involucre, Ament, Spathe, Glume, Ca - lyptre, and Volva; and therefore is of a much more extenfive fignification than Perianthium.

The language of botany : being a dictionary of the terms made use of in that science, principally by Linneus ... 1793

_Mushrooms Containing both Volva and Ring (Annulus).

Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners Caroline A. Burgin

(Natural size.)] = Presence or Absence of Ring or Volva.

Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886