Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi / How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc.

by Charles McIlvaine; Robert K. Macadam

Vol´viform (volva, wrapper, + forma, form), having the form of a volva.

Wart (verruca, wart, excrescence), a wart-like excrescence found on the pileus of some mushrooms; the remains of the volva in form of irregular or polygonal excrescences, more or less adherent, numerous and persistent.

Waved, Wa´vy. See [Undulate].

Wax-Yellow (ceraceus), a deep but dull yellow, resembling the color of fresh bees' wax.

Whorled, having parts arranged in a circle around an axis; verticillate.

Wine-Purple (vinaceo-purpureus), a clear reddish-purple of a slightly brownish cast.

Wood-Brown, a light brown color like some varieties of wood. (Raw umber + burnt sienna + white.)

Yellow-Ocher, a bright yellowish-ochraceous or ocher-yellow color.

Zo´nate, Zoned (zona, a zone or girdle), marked with concentric bands of color.

Zones (zona, a zone or girdle), circular bands of color.