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hymenophore

British  
/ haɪˈmiːnəʊˌfɔː /

noun

  1. botany the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of hymenophore

from hymenium + -phore


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

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

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 Miron Elisha Hard

In the plants of this genus the hymenophore or fleshy substance of the cap is continuous with the stem.

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

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 Miron Elisha Hard

The plants of the genus Trametes allied to Fomes are epiphytal, with the trama the same in substance and color as the hymenophore.

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

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