trama

American  

[trey-muh] / ˈtreɪ mə /

noun

Mycology.

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

---

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

La trama gira en torno a una familia en la que todos quieren vivir como sea sin importar a quien podrían perjudicar.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2019

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 Hard, Miron Elisha

Such a trama is said to be vesiculose to distinguish it from the ordinary or floccose trama.

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

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 Atkinson, George Francis

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