Universal veil 743860 212526817 2008-05-15T03:49:28Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags and general fixes {{Unreferenced|date=May 2008}} The '''universal veil''' is a [[Mycology|mycological]] term to describe a structure that envelops all or most of some [[gilled mushroom]]s. The young, developing [[Agaricus bisporus|button mushroom]], which may resemble a puffball at this point, is protected by this egg-like structure. The veil will eventually become ruptured and dispersed by the growing mushroom, but will usually leave evidence of its former shape with remnants including the [[volva (mycology)|volva]], or cup-like structure at the bottom of the stalk [[stipe (mycology)|stipe]] and patches or "warts" on the cap [[pileus (mycology)|pileus]]. This [[Macroscopic|macro]]feature is ''very'' <!-- how "very" is "very"? --> important in wild mushroom identification due to it being an easily observed, taxonomically significant feature which almost always signifies a member of [[Amanitaceae]]. This has particular importance due to the disproportionately high number of potentially lethal species contained within that family. [[Category:Fungal morphology and anatomy]] {{fungus-stub}} [[eu:Errezel orokor]] [[nl:Velum universale]]