GLOSSARY 



surface of a cap of a mushroom between the gills, often 



connected and forming cross partitions. 

 Ventricosej bellied; swollen in the middle. 

 Villose, downy; with soft hairs. 

 Viscid, moist and sticky; glutinous. 

 Volva, the universal veil (q.v.); sometimes applied to that 



portion remaining in the form of warts on the surface of 



the cap (as in Amanita muscaria) or in the form of a 



cap at the base of the stem. 

 Wart, a scale on the surface of the cap of a mushroom, the 



remains of the volva. 

 Zones, circular zones of color on the surface of the cap of a 



mushroom, as seen in Lactarius deliciosus. 



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