Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hymenium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hymenium
n : spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing
asci or basidia
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