peridium
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The netted capillitium and the evanescent peridium suggests Arcyria, but there are abundant free tips, and the threads are unmistakably spirally wound, especially in the large, handsome sporangia characteristic of the Mississippi valley.
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)
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
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
Sporangia; the first with the outer peridium broken away, � 10.
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
