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Definition of Hymenium

Hymenium
Hymenium Hy*me"ni*um, n.; pl. L. Hymenia, E. Hymeniums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a membrane.] (Bot.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.

Meaning of Hymenium from wikipedia

- The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenop**** of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some...
- mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is composed of sterile hyphal tissue. In many instances, however, the fertile hymenium extends down the stipe...
- ascocarps, such as truffles, are termed hypogeous. The structure enclosing the hymenium is divided into the types described below (apothecium, cleistothecium,...
- closely related to Craterellus tubaeformis. Its hymenium is usually orange or white, whereas the hymenium of C. tubaeformis is grey. C. lutescens is also...
- basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and...
- (fungal fruiting body) that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium. The hymenium (hymenop****) may consist of lamellae, tubes, or teeth, on the underside...
- The development of the fruit bodies is gymnocarpic, meaning that the hymenium appears and develops to maturity in an exposed state, not enclosed by any...
- the cap (margin) has fine hairs. The hymenium has hexagonal pores and is cream to brown in color. The hymenium is decurrent in shape. The stipe is central...
- litter may cause a mottled color); it may become brownish with age. The hymenium is folded into decurrent ridges (false gills) and cross-veins, which deepen...
- A hymenop**** refers to the hymenium-bearing structure of a fungal fruiting body. Hymenop****s can be smooth surfaces, lamellae, folds, tubes, or teeth...