Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as hymeniophore.
Wiktionary
- n. mycology The part of a fungus fruiting body which produces spore-bearing cells.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) That part of a fungus which is covered with the hymenium.
Examples
“Under view with portion of gills stripped off from hymenophore, showing forked character of gills (natural size).”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
“The = stem = is white underneath the slimy veil covering, tough, fibrous, continuous, and not separable from the hymenophore, tapering below.”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
“Gills dark drab gray, arcuate, distant, decurrent, many of them forked, separating easily from the hymenophore, peeling off in broad sheets, and leaving behind corresponding elevations of the hymenophore which extended between the laminæ of the lamellæ.”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
“The = gills = are orange yellow, 2 -- 3 mm. broad, not crowded, regularly forked several times, thin, blunt, very wavy and crenulate, easily separating from the hymenophore when fresh; the entire breadth of the gills is fluted, giving a corrugated appearance to the side.”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
“(continuous with the hymenophore), and the gills are attached to the stem, sinuate, or decurrent, spores white.”
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.
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