membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth; represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap
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Examples of universal veil
universal veil
Stems may have a rudimentary ring at the base, another universal veil remnant.
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It first appears as a white egg-shaped object covered with a universal veil.
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They emerge from an egg-like structure formed by the universal veil.
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Many mushrooms lack a universal veil and therefore do not have either a volva or volval patches.
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These are remnants of the universal veil, a membrane that encloses the entire mushroom when it is still very young.
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At the base is a bulb that bears universal veil remnants in the form of two to four distinct rings or ruffs.
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As the egg expands, the universal veil ruptures and may remain as a cup, or volva, at the base of the stalk, or as warts or volval patches on the cap.
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Young specimens first emerge from the ground resembling a white egg covered by a universal veil, which then breaks, leaving the volva as a remnant.
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When young, the cap surface is covered with white or whitish shiny particles, remnants of the universal veil that covers immature specimens.
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