Friday, March 1, 2013

Fungal Word Friday: Universal Veil

The universal veil is a membranous tissue that covers some mushrooms as they develop.

Two developing Amanita species encased in universal veils.

This membrane will rupture at some point due to the force of the maturing mushroom. It will generally leave behind remnants however, such as the volva or in some cases white patches or warts on the cap of the fully matured mushroom.



Amanita ceasarea with volva.







Amanita muscaria with its famous warty cap.




Photo Creds:
Amanita muscaria: Onderwijsgek at nl.wikipedia [CC-BY-SA-3.0-nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
Amanita ceasarea and Universal veil encased Amanitas: Wiki Commons contributor Archenzo


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