Hymenium definition

hī-mēnē-əm
hymenia hymeniums
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The spore-bearing layer of the fruiting body of certain fungi, containing asci or basidia.
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A superficial layer of spore-producing cells in fungi.
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The spore-bearing layer of the fruiting body of certain fungi, containing asci or basidia.
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The spore-bearing layer of the fruiting body of certain fungi, containing asci or basidia.
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(mycology) The sporebearing surface of a fungus.
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Noun

Singular:
hymenium
Plural:
hymenia, hymeniums

Origin of hymenium

  • New Latin from Greek humenion diminutive of humēn membrane hymen

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ancient Greek ὑμενίων (humeniōn), diminutive of ὑμήν (humēn, “membrane”).

    From Wiktionary

Hymenium Sentence Examples

  • The two principal parts of which an apothecium consists are the hypothecium and the hymenium, or thecium.

  • The hypothecium is the basal part of the apothecium on which the hymenium is borne; the latter consists of asci (thecae) with ascospores, and paraphyses.

  • In these forms gonidia are found in connexion with the young fruit; such algal cells undergo numerous divisions becoming very small in size and penetrating into the hymenium among the asci and paraphyses.

  • The two bestknown genera are Cora and Dictyonema; Corella, whose hymenium is unknown, is also placed here by Wainio.

  • A, Viewed from above; B, From below; hym, hymenium.

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