hymenium
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Origin of hymenium
From New Latin, dating back to 1820–30; see origin at hymen, -ium
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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 Taylor, Thomas
The hymenium is the spore-bearing surface, which is exposed or naked, and spread over the gills.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
From each of the four segments in the case of Tremella a long outgrowth arises which reaches to the surface of the hymenium 344 and bears the basidiospores.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Whatever form the fungus assumes, the hymenium covers the whole exposed surface.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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 Atkinson, George Francis
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