peridium
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Sporangia to which the peridium still adheres, although in 3 c in shreds.
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)
Gasteromycetes, in which the hymenium is enclosed in a second case or wrapper, called a peridium, which ruptures when mature, thus releasing the spores.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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
Schrader redefined the genus; opposed Persoon's view as to the capillitial nature of the net, and separated the genus Dictydium, but by imperfect limitations,—in fact, chiefly because of the more completely evanescent 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)
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
