peridium

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Distinguished at sight by the peculiarly mottled peridium.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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

The stipe is generally very short, about one-tenth the total height; sometimes, when the peridium is more globose, the stipe is proportionally longer.

From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by MacBride, Thomas H. (Thomas Huston)

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

Plant dingy white or brownish yellow; pear-shaped, or obovate pyriforme, sometimes approaching L. gemmatum in size and shape, but easily distinguished from that species by the surface features of the peridium and the internal hyph�.

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