hymenophore
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hymenophore
from hymenium + -phore
Example Sentences
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The fleshy substance, or hymenophore, is often veined in light and dark red streaks.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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 Miron Elisha Hard
The hymenophore is never free from the stem in the rusty-spored series, nor is there a volva.
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 is not separate from the trama of the gills.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Thomas Taylor
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