exoperidium
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exoperidia
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Fleshy layer closely attached, very light in color, usually smooth on the limb of the exoperidium but cracked on the segments.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
The outer coat or exoperidium recurved, segments acute at the apex, eight to twelve segments divided to about the middle.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
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