Volva is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 35 anagrams from letters in volva (alovv).
1745-55; Latin: covering, akin to volvere to roll, wrap
In the brown variety the stem and ring are often tinged with brown, as also the volva.
The genus has neither a volva nor a ring and the spores are white.
The volva is a feature of great importance in the study of the Agaricini, of the subgenera Amanita, volvaria, etc.
The volva is a membrane which envelops the entire plant in embryo, giving it the appearance of an egg.
In the careless pulling up of the plant the volva in the volvate species is often left behind.
A part of the volva 145 remains as a sheath at the base of the stem.
The volva and ring, or annulus, are not always present in mushrooms.
At the base of the stem of the mushroom the remains of the volva are seen in the form of a sort of wrapper.
Annularia includes only a few small species having a ringed stem, no volva, and free pink gills.
In Lepiota naucinoides, as in all the Lepiotas, the volva is wanting.