peridium
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Hypothallus none; peridium checkered with pale reticulations. i.
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)
In some instances the peridium is almost smooth, and sometimes cracks in areas, inner peridium thin and tough.
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
E. CRIBRARIACE� Sporangia distinct, more or less closely gregarious, stipitate, the peridium opening, especially above, by a well-defined network formed from thickenings in the original sporangial wall.
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
