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139: 298: 119: 22: 172:), for example, which may resemble a small white sphere at this point, is protected by this structure. The veil will eventually rupture and disintegrate by the force of the expanding and maturing mushroom, but will usually leave evidence of its former shape with remnants. These remnants include the 188:
is useful in wild mushroom identification because it is an easily observed, taxonomically significant feature. It is a character present among species of
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Immature fruiting bodies of two different mushrooms encased in a universal veil - deadly poisonous
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is a temporary membranous tissue that fully envelops immature fruiting bodies of certain
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Litten, Walter (1975). "The most poisonous mushrooms".
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Amanita phalloides
Amanita caesarea

Amanita muscaria
mycology
gilled mushrooms
Caesar's mushroom
volva
stipe
cap
macrofeature
basidiomycete fungi
Amanita
Volvariella
gasteroid fungi
peridium
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