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Definition of Genus Volvaria
1. Noun. Agarics having pink spores and a distinct volva.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Genus
Group relationships: Family Volvariaceae, Volvariaceae
Member holonyms: Volvaria Bombycina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Volvaria
Literary usage of Genus Volvaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1904)
"... The members of the genus Volvaria are fleshy fungi, soon becoming putrescent.
The spores are salmon colour. A volva is present, but no annulus. ..."
2. The Conchologist's Text-book: Embracing the Arrangements of Lamarck and by Thomas Brown (1853)
"This shell, however, is not an apt representative of the genus Volvaria, it being
a Bulh.na. Genus 8.—MARGINELLA Lamarck. Generic Character. ..."
3. New and Otherwise Interesting Tertiary Mollusca from Texas by Gilbert Dennison Harris (1895)
"... from the Ripley Cretaceous beds of Mississippi. The Texas specimen was probably
derived from the upper Cretaceous not far below Austin. Genus VOLVARIA. ..."
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