peridium
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The structure is exceedingly delicate, the peridium between the ribs and reticulations reduced to the last degree of tenuity, with the iridescence of the soap-bubble, here and there lapsed entirely.
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 persistent base of the peridium is also characteristic, very prominent sometimes, and visible to the naked eye.
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
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)
Capillitium sub-compact, equal, adnate to the peridium on all sides; spores pedicillate, brownish.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
