hymenium

English

Etymology

From ὑμήν (humḗn, “membrane”) + -ium.

Noun

hymenium (plural hymeniums or hymenia)

1. (mycology) The sporebearing surface of a fungus.

Derived terms

• aequihymeniiferous
• inaequihymeniiferous
• subhymenium

Related terms

• euhymenium
• hymenial
• hymeniform

Translations

spore bearing surface

• Arabic: غُشَيّ m (ḡušayy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子實層 / 子实层 (zh) (zǐshí céng)

• Dutch: hymenium n
• Finnish: itiölava (fi)
• French: hyménium (fr) m
• German: Hymenium n, Fruchtschicht f
• Ido: himenio (io)
• Italian: imenio (it) m
• Latin: hymenium n
• Persian: هیمنیوم (himnium)
• Polish: obłócznia f
• Russian: гиме́ний (ru) m (giménij)
• Slovene: himeníj m, trosôvnica f
• Spanish: himenio m
• Ukrainian: гіме́ній m (himénij)