Volva

The name volva is particularly given to that part of the universal veil which remains around the base of the stem, either sheathing it or appressed closely to it, or in torn fragments. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

The young mushroom is covered initially with a thin membrane called the volva As the mushroom develops, the stem or stipe elongates, gradually pushing the cap upwards, which causes the volva to rupture and remain at the base of the stem. ❋ Unknown (1979)

So re the volva, perhaps the important thing was it being a WHITE catskin? ❋ Carla (2007)

Was always interested in the volva and their cat-skin boots. ❋ Carla (2006)

Prepare to be told about sailing routes and prevailing weather conditions in the North Atlantic; pagan Norse baby naming traditions; Icelandic domestic life, including details of clothes, furniture, diet and agriculture; Norse witchcraft (seidr) and prophetesses (volva); Norse ship design; Irish social structure, monastic organisation, medicine and law. ❋ Carla (2006)

There's a detailed description of a volva and a prophecying session held to ask for advice about a famine pp 70-76 of the paperback. ❋ Carla (2006)

+Cap+ 2 to 4 inches broad, ovate, campanulate, then spreading, obtuse, with a cuticle, sticky in moist weather, rarely sprinkled with one or two fragments of the volva, the margin regular, even. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

In their early stage they are enclosed in an egg-shaped veil (volva), having a gelatinous inner layer. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

The volva and ring, or annulus, are not always present in mushrooms. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

The volva around the base of the stem is formed by the splitting or bursting of the veil, and its different modes of rupture mark the several species. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

It was large-sized, measuring 7 inches across cap, of a grayish-white color, with prominent warts; the stem was mealy, the volva was large. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

A part of the volva remains as a sheath at the base of the stem. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

It is distinguished as the only genus that has _both volva and ring_. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

+Stem+ white, sometimes yellowish, 2 inches long, torn into scales, at first stuffed, then hollow; the attached base of the volva forms an oval-shaped bulb, which is bordered with concentric scales, that is, having a common centre, as a series of rings one within the other. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

There is only one genus that has both volva and ring. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

There are four lines with descriptions, the last one, “no ring and no volva,” is right, which leads to 7. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

+Stem+ 4 to 6 inches long, wholly stuffed, almost solid, split up into lengthwise fibrils, cylindrical from a bulbous base, surface torn into scales, springing from a loose, thick, wide volva which bursts open at apex. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

It is not bulbous, but is sheathed quite high in a loose, soft wrapper, the remains of the volva. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)

+Stem+ 2 to 3 inches long, white or yellowish, stuffed, slender, bearing a slight evanescent ring; bulbous at the base, bulb slightly margined by the volva. ❋ Caroline A. Burgin (N/A)