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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...
- basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and...
- ascocarps, such as truffles, are termed hypogeous. The structure enclosing the hymenium is divided into the types described below (apothecium, cleistothecium,...
- mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is composed of sterile hyphal tissue. In many instances, however, the fertile hymenium extends down the stipe...
- Heinrich Friedrich Link reported his observations of the structure of the hymenium (the fertile spore-bearing surface) in 1809, but misinterpreted what he...
- (fungal fruiting body) that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium. The hymenium (hymenop****) may consist of lamellae, tubes, or teeth, on the underside...
- closely related to Craterellus tubaeformis. Its hymenium is usually orange or white, whereas the hymenium of C. tubaeformis is grey. C. lutescens is also...
- parallel to each other, with a clear boundary area called a sub-hymenium followed by the hymenium itself on the outer layer facing the environment. The word...
- Fungal tubes (pores) are a type of mushroom hymenium structure, distinguishing bolete mushrooms from e.g. lamellar mushrooms. "The Journal of Wild Mushrooming...
- consists of smooth cup-shaped elements instead of gills. The underside (the hymenium) is a m**** of tubules which represent a "reduced" form of the ancestral...