Definition of Hymenomycetes

1. Noun. Used in some classifications; usually coextensive with order Agaricales: mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi.


Definition of Hymenomycetes

1. n. pl. One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed.

Medical Definition of Hymenomycetes

1. One of the great divisions of fungi, containing those species in which the hymenium is completely exposed. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A membrane +, a mushroom. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hymenomycetes

hymenial
hymenial cystidium
hymeniderm
hymeniderms
hymeniform
hymenitis
hymenium
hymeniums
hymenless
hymenlike
hymenoid
hymenolepiasis
hymenolepidid
hymenolepis
hymenology
hymenomycetes (current term)
hymenophoral trama
hymenophore
hymenophores
hymenoplasties
hymenoplasty
hymenopter
hymenoptera
hymenopteral
hymenopteran
hymenopterans
hymenopteron
hymenopterons
hymenopterous
hymenopterous insect

Literary usage of Hymenomycetes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The process described, if followed with care, will yield most * English, JL, 'A Manual for the Preservation of the Larger Fungi (hymenomycetes) in their ..."

2. Botany for High Schools and Colleges by Charles Edwin Bessey (1880)
"Sachs regards these plants as constituting a group related to, but distinct from, hymenomycetes. («) Many species are edible and nutritious. ..."

3. The London Journal of Botany by William Jackson Hooker (1842)
"Oi the hymenomycetes in Java, 40 are Poli/pori; in the Phillip- pines 16, ... There is the same marked predominance of hymenomycetes, and amongst these of ..."

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