epicorium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae).

Word forms

epicorium epicoria

Etymology

From Latin cŏrĭum ("skin") with the Ancient Greek prefix ἐπί- ("on top of").

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