Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The outer enveloping coat of a sporophore in angiocarpous fungi, upon which the spores develop in a closed cavity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.
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- noun outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi
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Peridium, the wall of the puff-balls, etc. Pileus (pl. pilei), the cap of the mushroom.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
biocon commented on the word Peridium
The initial letter of this word should be lowercase.
February 3, 2012