The Shroomery Mycology Glossary
This glossary is to serve as a reference for both beginners and the advanced. Please e-mail us if you have any definitions that you feel should be added here.
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| veil | a thin membrane covering the gills during the development of the toadstool |
| ventricose | enlarged in the middle |
| verrucose | covered with small rounded warts - used to describe rough spores |
| vinaceous | pinkish |
| viscid | slimy |
| volva | the expanded bulbous remains of the universal veil found at the base of the stipe in some toadstools e.g. Amanita and Lepiota . |
