Plate XXIX. Figure 191.—Volvaria bombycina.
The egg form of the V. bombycina showing the universal veil or volva bursting at the apex. These are unusually large specimens.
Figure 192.—Volvaria bombycina. Two-thirds natural size. Entire plant white and silky.
Figure 193.—Volvaria bombycina. Two-thirds natural size, showing the gills, which are pink, then dark-brown.
Bombycina is from bombyx, silk. This plant is so called because of the beautiful silky lustre of the entire plant. The pileus is three to eight inches broad, globose, then bell-shaped, finally convex and somewhat umbonate, white, the entire surface silky, in older specimens more or less scaly, sometimes smooth at the apex. The flesh is white and not thick.