1) Reproductive structure
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The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some cells develop into sterile cells called cystidia (basidiomycetes) or paraphyses (ascomycetes). Cystidia...
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A palisade-like layer of asci or basidia, including any sterile cells, such as basidioles, paraphyses, or cystidia. (Pl. hymenia.)
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• (n.) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.
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a spore-bearing layer of tissue in fungi (kingdom Fungi) found in the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. It is formed by end cells of hyphae—the ...
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A fertile layer of regularly arranged asci or basidia in fungal fruiting bodies.
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Hy·me'ni·um noun ;
plural Latin
Hymenia , English
Hymeniums . [ New Latin , from Greek ... a membrane.]
(Botany) The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the gills of a mushroom.
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[
n] - spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia
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the sporogenous layer in a fungus, composed of asci or basidia often interspersed with various sterile structures, as paraphyses.
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