perithecium
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Origin of perithecium
From New Latin, dating back to 1825–35; see origin at peri-, thecium
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The perithecium consists usually of an external layer of cellular structure, which is either smooth or hairy, usually blackish, and an internal stratum of less compact cells, which give rise to the hymenium.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
The dissemination of the sporidia may, from identity of structure in the perithecium, be deemed to follow a like method in all.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
M. C. Cooke contends that the Sph�ropside� should be considered apart from the Melanconie�, on the fundamental basis that the former possess a distinct perithecium, while the latter do not.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
The general feature in all is the presence of a perithecium, which contains and encloses the hymenium, and at length opening by a pore or ostiolum at the apex.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
The spores are produced on slender threads springing from the inner wall of the perithecium, and, when mature, are expelled from an orifice at the apex.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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