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Spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia
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hymenium
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WordNet
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n. spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia [also: hyniums (pl), hynia (pl)]
Wikipedia
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The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci , which produce spores . In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some cells ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
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n. (context mycology English) The sporebearing surface of a fungus.
Usage examples of hymenium.
This hymenium is composed of a number of swollen, club-shaped cells, called basidia, and close to them, side by side, are sterile, elongated cells, named paraphyses.
The section was enlarged enough for her to see with the naked eye the hymenium covering the surface of the gills.
An ordinary mushroom can eject spores at the rate of half a million a minute during the two or three days of its active life but Jane could see that the hymenium on this super-sized specimen was under-developed.
The peccary wheeled, dropped the hymenium pod it had found, screamed terror.
Approaching a huge hymenium tree, he saw hundreds of bird nests hanging like stuffed socks off the branches.
Huey and let it sink, hovering down to the canopy facing a huge hymenium tree.
This hymenium is composed of a number of swollen, club-shaped cells, called basidia, and close to them, side by side, are sterile, elongated cells, named paraphyses.