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hymenium

hy·me·ni·um [ hī mnee əm ] (plural hy·me·ni·a [ hī mnee ə ] or hy·me·ni·ums)


noun 
Definition:
 
spore-bearing surface: a layer of spore-bearing structures within or on the surface of the fruiting body of a fungus

[Early 19th century. Via modern Latin< Greek humenion "small membrane" < humēn "membrane"]

hy·me·ni·al adjective
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