hymenium
noun
the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.
hymenial
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a word derived from
hymenium.
Example Sentences
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The hymenial surface is on the outside of the cap, the spores being embedded in its glutinous coated ridges and depressions.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
It has a peculiarity in the fact that the hymenial cells, or the layer of mother cells, contained in the gills, change into a waxy mass, at length removable from the trama.
From Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners by Ellen M. Dallas
If a section of the gills be examined by a microscope, it will be observed that upon both sides of the surface are extended hymenial layers.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Miron Elisha Hard
For four-and-twenty changeful years They’ve worn the bright hymenial bands, And shared each other’s hopes and fears, And each held up the other’s hands.
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
Preparations for the hymenial ceremony were making, and invitations had already gone abroad.
From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Amelia Stratton Comfield
