hymenium

[ hahy-mee-nee-uh m ]

/ haɪˈmi ni əm /

the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.

Origin of hymenium

From New Latin, dating back to 1820–30; see origin at hymen, -ium

hy·me·ni·al, adjective sub·hy·me·ni·al, adjective sub·hy·me·ni·um, noun, plural sub·hy·me·ni·a.

Hymenium lining the cavity of tubes or pores which are sometimes broken up into teeth or concentric plates.

Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous |Thomas Taylor
Hymenium covering the entire surface of radiating lamellae or gills.

European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae |George Massee
Hymenium within a closed fruit-body, which does not open until the spores are ripe; saprophytes.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 |Various
Hymenium, the fruiting surface of the mushrooms and other fungi.

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

Hymenium dark cinereous, rugose when moist, the minute crowded irregular folds abundantly anastomosing; nearly even when dry.

The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise |M. E. Hard

hymenium

/ (haɪˈmiːnɪəm) /

(in basidiomycetous and ascomycetous fungi) a layer of cells some of which produce the spores

hymenium

[ hī-mē′nē-əm ]

The spore-bearing layer of the fruiting body of certain fungi, containing asci or basidia.