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
The sporiferous fungi are arranged into four families, viz: Hymenomycetes, in which the hymenium is free, mostly naked, or soon exposed.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
Whatever form the fungus assumes, the hymenium covers the whole exposed surface.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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 Taylor, Thomas
In another case, and amongst more aged fungi, the hymenium of which had ceased to give light, the stipe, on the contrary, threw out a brilliant glare.
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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