trama

American  

[trey-muh] / ˈtreɪ mə /

noun

Mycology.

1. a specialized hyphal tissue constituting the internal structure of mushroom gills, pore tubes, or spines.

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Other Word Forms

• tramal
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of trama

First recorded in 1855–60, trama is from the Latin word trāma warp (in weaving)

Example Sentences

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trama

There are, however, a few of the Polypori which are quite thin that have the trama of the same structure with the hymenophorum.

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

Figure 249.—Section of portion of gill of Marasmius cohærens. t, trama of gill; sh, sub-hymenium; h, hymenium layer.

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

Vesiculose, full of small rounded vesicles, as the trama of the pileus of a Russula.

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

Toward the outside of the trama the cells branch into short cells, which make a thin layer.

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

It originates in the following manner: the threads forming the trama of the gills grow out from the lower side of the pileus and perpendicular to its under surface.

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