hymenophore

British  

/ haɪˈmiːnəʊˌfɔː /

noun

1. botany the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi

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Etymology

Origin of hymenophore

from _hymenium + _-phore

Example Sentences

The hymenophore descends into the trama without any change, pores firm, when fully grown sinuous and labyrinthiform, lacerated, and toothed.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The gills are tough, soft, persistent, decurrent, branching, membranaceous, usually easily separating from the hymenophore.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Hymenium waxy-membranaceous, distinct but adnate to the hymenophore, inferior, continuous, smooth, even or wrinkled.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The stem is white underneath the slimy veil covering, tough, fibrous, continuous, and not separable from the hymenophore, tapering below.

From Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. by Atkinson, George Francis

The hymenophore is not separate from the trama of the gills.

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