Definition of Peridium. Meaning of Peridium. Synonyms of Peridium

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Peridium. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Peridium and, of course, Peridium synonyms and on the right images related to the word Peridium.

Definition of Peridium

Peridium
Peridium Pe*rid"i*um, n.; pl. Peridia. [NL., fr. Gr. ? about + ?, a dim. ending.] (Bot.) The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.

Meaning of Peridium from wikipedia

- The peridium is the protective layer that encloses a m**** of spores in fungi. This outer covering is a distinctive feature of gasteroid fungi. Depending...
- pseudostipe. The peridium is tough and up to 1.5 mm thick. The surface is dry and can have tiny scales or be smooth. With age, the peridium becomes finely...
- body with no special opening to the outside. The ascomatal wall is called peridium and typically consists of densely interwoven hyphae or pseudoparenchyma...
- Coleosporiaceae Genus: Chrysomyxa Species: C. arctostaphyli Binomial name Chrysomyxa arctostaphyli Dietel Synonyms Peridium coloradense (Dietel) Arth. & F. Kern...
- meaning earth and aster meaning star, refers to the behavior of the outer peridium. At maturity, the outer layer of the fruiting body splits into segments...
- citrinum has no stem but is attached to the soil by mycelial cords. The peridium, or outer wall, is thick and firm, usually ochre yellow externally with...
- Initially smooth, the skin (peridium) develops wrinkles and folds as it matures, cracking and flaking with age. The peridium eventually sloughs away, exposing...
- bodies of gasteroid fungi resembles a universal veil, but is called a peridium. Allaby, Michael, ed. (2006). "universal veil". A Dictionary of Plant Sciences...
- rust fungi such as Phragmidium, aecia lack an outer wall structure (a peridium) but instead produce a diffuse aecium called a caeoma. In some species...
- morphological characters of Rhizopogon sporocarps are a simplex or duplex peridium surrounding a loculate gleba that lacks a columnella. Basidiospores are...