Volva (mycology) check for its presence when identifying mushrooms. Cutting or pulling mushrooms and attempting to identify them later without having noted this feature could be a fatal error. Volva (mycology) In mycology, a volva is a cup-like structure at the base of a mushroom that is a remnant of the universal veil, or the remains of the peridium that encloses the immature fruit bodies of gasteroid fungi. This macrofeature is important in wild mushroom identification because it is an easily observed, taxonomically significant feature that frequently signifies a member of Amanitaceae. This has particular importance due to the disproportionately high number
General of the branch influence, with the all-encompassing rank of general. Full generals (4 star; NATO OF-9) in the Finnish military were classified as generals of infantry ("jalkaväenkenraali"), cavalry ("ratsuväenkenraali"), jaeger ("jääkärikenraali") and artillery ("tykistönkenraali"). The title is now merely honorific, and only one 4-star general is active at any one time in the modern Finnish military. In the German "Wehrmacht" a general of a branch () was linked to service arms of the "Heer" (army) and "Luftwaffe" (air force), depending on where the officer served and what troops he (nominally) commanded. It was equivalent to the three-star ranks of admiral in the Nazi