'Hymenium' definitions:
noun
Spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia
- Hymenium \Hy*me"ni*um\, n.; pl. L. Hymenia, E. Hymeniums.
[NL., fr. Gr. ? a membrane.] (Bot.)
The spore-bearing surface of certain fungi, as that on the
gills of a mushroom.
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