HYMENIUM


Meaning of HYMENIUM in English

— hymenial , adj.

/huy mee"nee euhm/ , n. , pl. hymenia /-nee euh/ . Mycol.

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

[ 1820-30; ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .