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 fruit-bodies are of very various shapes, showing a differentiation into an outer peridium and an inner spore-bearing mass, the gleba.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

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

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