Crossword-Solution: PERIDIUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Peridium | n. | The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars. |
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| distinct outer layer of the spore-bearing organ in many fungi | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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eruption
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Sentences with PERIDIUM (5)
The characteristic that distinguishes the Bird’s-nest fungi from others consists in the fact that the spores are produced in small envelopes that do not split open, and which are enclosed in a common covering, called the peridium.
Where are the spores? There are no gills as in the Agarics, nor are they concealed in a covering (peridium), as in the Puff-balls, but they are contained in delicate sacs on the cap.
When the spores mature the upper part of the covering (peridium) becomes torn and only the lower part remains.
This is the genus _Geaster_, that is, "earth star." The wall, or peridium, is quite thick in the members of this genus, and when it matures it separates into several layers which need not all be discussed here.
The outer part of the wall (outer peridium) when quite young separates into warts or scales of varying size, large ones arranged quite regularly with smaller ones between.