caulohymenium

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noun

A fruiting layer in some fungi

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Meanings

noun
  1. A fruiting layer in some fungi
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    Lateral stipe stratum under the caulohymenium present and well differentiated from the stipe trama, of the “boletoid type”, at the stipe apex a 40–100 (160) μm thick layer consisting of divergent, inclined and running towards the external surface, loosely intermingled and sparingly branched hyphae remaining separate from each other and faintly to distinctly embedded in a gelatinous substance; the stratum reducing during development and finally disappearing at maturity.

    2015 August 12, “Circumscription and Taxonomic Arrangement of Nigroboletus roseonigrescens Gen. Et Sp. Nov., a New Member of Boletaceae from Tropical South–Eastern China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From caulo- + hymenium.

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caulohymenium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caulohymenium

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