peridium
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When the spores are fully ripe the peridium opens by a small apical aperture for their dispersion.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
The peridium or rind is membranaceous, smooth, or very slightly floccose, and creamy white at first, turning to pale yellowish-brown when the plant is old.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
B, Part of vertical section through leaf of Berberis vulgaris, with a, aecidium fruits, p, peridium, and sp, spermogonia.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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)
Plant small, spherical, having a double shell or peridium, the inner one white and the outer one smooth and greyish lead-color or bluish-grey, and shelling off at maturity.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
