The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some...

(fungal fruiting body) that supports a spore-bearing surface, the hymenium. The hymenium (hymenophore) may consist of lamellae, tubes, or teeth, on the underside...

closely related to Craterellus tubaeformis. Its hymenium is usually orange or white, whereas the hymenium of C. tubaeformis is grey. C. lutescens is also...

mushroom other than the hymenium, the stipe is composed of sterile hyphal tissue. In many instances, however, the fertile hymenium extends down the stipe...

ascocarps, such as truffles, are termed hypogeous. The structure enclosing the hymenium is divided into the types described below (apothecium, cleistothecium,...

Microglossum in that the fertile hymenium in Nothomitra is not flattened as in Microglossum. Furthermore, the hymenium in Nothomitra is distinctly free...

The development of the fruit bodies is gymnocarpic, meaning that the hymenium appears and develops to maturity in an exposed state, not enclosed by any...

basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and...

litter may cause a mottled color); it may become brownish with age. The hymenium is folded into decurrent ridges (false gills) and cross-veins, which deepen...

stipe (stem), and a form resembling a Hydnum—characterized by a teeth-like hymenium, rather than gills or pores on the underside of the cap. Fruit bodies growing...

brilliantly coloured cap, shiny and wet looking with its mucous slime layer. The hymenium easily separates from the flesh of the cap, with a central stalk that is...

conditions. A hymenium is a layer of microscopic spore-bearing cells that covers the surface of gills. In the nongilled mushrooms, the hymenium lines the...

Scanning electron microscopy reveals reticulations on the spore surface. The hymenium is the spore-producing tissue layer of the fruit body, and consists of...

Heinrich Friedrich Link reported his observations of the structure of the hymenium (the fertile spore-bearing surface) in 1809, but misinterpreted what he...

Cantharellus pallens Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is infundibuliform Hymenium is seceding Stipe is bare Spore print is cream Ecology...

Agaricus bisporus Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is convex Hymenium is free Stipe has a ring Spore print is brown Ecology is saprotrophic...

elements (filled with oily, resinous substances), which can come into the hymenium as gloeocystidia. The basidia are 25–40 μm long and 5–7 μm wide, contain...

consists of smooth cup-shaped elements instead of gills. The underside (the hymenium) is a mass of tubules which represent a "reduced" form of the ancestral...

non-spore-bearing cells found interspersed among the basidia) in the hymenium have dimensions of 33–60 by 8–12 μm. Clamp connections are absent in the...

Coprinopsis picacea Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is conical Hymenium is free Stipe is bare Spore print is black Ecology is saprotrophic...

10 cm (3.9 in). The inner surface of the cup is the fertile, spore-bearing hymenium; it is initially white before turning buff, tan, or brownish. The whitish...

the cap (margin) has fine hairs. The hymenium has hexagonal pores and is cream to brown in color. The hymenium is decurrent in shape. The stipe is central...

Pholiota aurivella Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is campanulate Hymenium is adnate Stipe has a ring Spore print is brown Ecology is...

Ganoderma tsugae Mycological characteristics Pores on hymenium Cap is flat Hymenium is adnate Stipe is bare Spore print is brown Ecology is saprotrophic...

Russula decolorans Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is convex or depressed Hymenium is adnate or adnexed Stipe is bare Spore print is yellow...

Russula maculata Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is convex or depressed Hymenium is adnexed or free Stipe is bare Spore print is yellow...

Macrolepiota procera Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is umbonate Hymenium is free Stipe has a ring Spore print is white Ecology is saprotrophic...

Scleroderma cepa Mycological characteristics Glebal hymenium No distinct cap Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable Lacks a stipe Spore print...

Leccinum albostipitatum Mycological characteristics Pores on hymenium Cap is infundibuliform Hymenium is adnexed Stipe is bare Ecology is mycorrhizal Edibility...

muscaria var. formosa Mycological characteristics Gills on hymenium Cap is flat or convex Hymenium is free Stipe has a ring and volva Spore print is white...