"Cuticle" is one term used for the outer layer of [[Tissue (biology)|tissue]] of a [[mushroom]]'s [[basidiocarp]], or "fruit body". The alternative term "[[pileipellis]]", Latin for "skin" of a "cap" (meaning "mushroom"<ref name="isbn0-398-06179-3">{{cite book |last=Jaeger |first=Edmund C. | authorlinkauthor-link=Edmund Jaeger |title=A Source-Book of Biological Names and Terms |url=https://archive.org/details/sourcebookofbiol0000jaeg |url-access=registration |publisher=Thomas |location=Springfield, Illinois |year=1959 |isbn=0-398-06179-3 }}</ref>) might be technically preferable, but is perhaps too cumbersome for popular use. It is the part removed in "peeling" mushrooms. On the other hand, some [[Morphology (biology)|morphological]] terminology in mycology makes finer distinctions, such as described in the article on the "[[pileipellis]]". Be that as it may, the pileipellis (or "peel") is distinct from the [[trama (mycology)|trama]], the inner fleshy tissue of a mushroom or similar fruiting body, and also from the [[spore]]-bearing tissue layer, the [[hymenium]].
