hymenium

American  

[hahy-mee-nee-uhm] / haɪˈmi ni əm /

noun

Mycology.

• hymenia
  plural

1. the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.

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hymenium British  

/ haɪˈmiːnɪəm /

noun

1. (in basidiomycetous and ascomycetous fungi) a layer of cells some of which produce the spores

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hymenium Scientific  

/ hī-mē′nē-əm /

• hymenia
  plural

1. The spore-bearing layer of the fruiting body of certain fungi, containing asci or basidia.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• subhymenium
  noun
• hymenial
  adjective
• subhymenial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• hymenia
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of hymenium

From New Latin, dating back to 1820–30; see origin at hymen, -ium

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hymenium hymenia

The shroom has fine, fuzzy hairs that feel like velvet and even has teeth-like structures of its own, also known as hymenium, which are spore-bearing surfaces of a mushroom, typically gills.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2023

These classes are again subdivided, according to the disposition of the spores and of the spore bearing surface, called the hymenium, into various families.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor

Ascomycetes.—In the plants of this family the spores are not supported upon basidia, but instead are enclosed in minute sacs or asci formed from the fertile cells of a hymenium.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor

Montagne and Berkeley are credited with being the first to show the true structure of the hymenium in the puff-balls, as well as to demonstrate the presence of basidia.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor

Basidium, cell a, borne on the hymenium, or spore-bearing surface of the gills; b, stigmata; c, spores.Fig.

From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor

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

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