Inside of the volva is the short stem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

There is only one genus that has both volva and ring.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference

Was always interested in the volva and their cat-skin boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Viking: Odinn’s Child] Reference

The volva and ring, or annulus, are not always present in mushrooms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference

So re the volva, perhaps the important thing was it being a WHITE catskin?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Witch’s Cat] Reference

The universal veil or volva is a thin covering which encloses the entire young plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference

In their early stage they are enclosed in an egg-shaped veil (volva), having a gelatinous inner layer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference

There are four lines with descriptions, the last one, “no ring and no volva,” is right, which leads to 7.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Viking: Odinn’s Child] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference

The volva splits open at the apex as the stem elongates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

It lacks a volva, but has an annulus; the gills are attached to the stem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

Perhaps no part of the plant is more variable than the outer veil or volva.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

In some the volva splits at the apex and is left as a "cup" at the base of the stem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

This genus has white spores, and a volva, but the annulus and inner veil are wanting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

The = volva = is large, edge free, but fitting very close, flabby and irregularly torn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

Sometimes thin portions of the volva are caught, and remain on the surface of the pileus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

The = volva = is sordid white, and sheathes the stem with a long free limb of 3 -- 5 lobes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

One or more of them lie on the upper part of the bulb, forming the "limb" of the "ocreate" volva.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

The = volva = forms a prominent sheath which is usually quite soft and easily collapses (Fig. 77).    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

As the stem elongates and the pileus enlarges and expands, the volva is torn into areolate patches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

Amanita verna, "buttons," cap bursting through the volva; left hand plant in section (natural size).    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

The presence or absence of these scales on the cap depends entirely on the way in which the volva ruptures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

As the pileus expands and the stem elongates, the volva is ruptured in different ways according to the species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

Amanita phalloides, volva circumscissile, cap scaly, limb of volva not prominent, cap dark, scales white (natural size).    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

In the young stage the volva forms a universal veil, that is, a layer of fungus tissue which entirely envelops the young plant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

Where the volva is quite thick and stout it usually splits at the apex, and there is a prominent free limb, as shown in Fig. 55.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

These are formed by the splitting of the outer veil or volva, and form the remnants of the volva present on the base of the stem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference

In still other cases the volva breaks irregularly, and only remnants of it may be found on either the base of the stem or on the pileus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference