peridium

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The persistent warts which cover the surface of the peridium are so minute as to appear to the naked eye like scales.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

When the spores are ready for dissemination a small aperture appears in the top of the peridium, through which they push their way outwards like a little puff of smoke.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

They are usually somewhat globose in form, having a thick outer coat or peridium, though in some of the genera the outer coat is very thin or obsolete.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas

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

The peridium blends with the hypothallus below when such structure is recognizable, either directly, when the sporangium is sessile, or by the intervention of a stipe.

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)