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peridium

[puh-rid-ee-uhm] / pəˈrɪd i əm /
NOUN
cortex
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On the ripening of the spores this peridium ruptures, allowing their escape, the capillitium lending valuable aid in their dissemination.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

He does not regard them as genuine asci, but as corresponding more to the peridium of the Gasteromycete� and Myxomycete�.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

When the spores are ready for dissemination a small aperture appears in the top of the peridium, through which they push their way outwards like a little puff of smoke.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

Inner peridium distinct from the outer all round; capillitium nearly free, collapsing when mature, threads long and brittle; spores dingy olive, turning brown; base stem-like, broad and blunt, with root, obconical, somewhat spongy.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

The peridium is very fragile above, cracking into are� in the mature plant and breaking up and falling away in fragments, thus allowing the dispersion of the spores.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas




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