hymenium
noun
the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.
hymenia
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pluralof hymenium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Other cells called cystidia occur in the hymenia of various species distributed through nearly all the genera of the agarics.
From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by George Francis Atkinson
