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Hymenium
Hymenium meaning
The sporebearing surface of a fungus.
Synonyms of Hymenium
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Microscopic features Morchella elata asci viewed with phase contrast microscopy A hymenium is a layer of microscopic spore-bearing cells that covers the surface of gills.
Schematic of a typical basidiocarp, the dipoid reproductive structure of a basidiomycete, showing fruiting body, hymenium and basidia.
Similar structures called cystidia often occur within the hymenium of the Basidiomycota.