hymenophore
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hymenophore
from hymenium + -phore
Example Sentences
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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
This genus grows on wood, at first resupinate, expanded; the hymenophore springing from a mucous mycelium.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
The distinctive features of this genus are the involute margin and the soft, tough, and decurrent gills which are easily separable from the hymenophore.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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 hymenophore is even, tubes not easily separable from it, large and equal.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
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