English Explanatory Dictionary

inaequihymeniiferous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to the arrangement of the hymenium of some mushroom species in the genera Coprinus, Coprinopsis, Coprinellus, Panaeolus, Psilocybe and Lacrymaria. The intermittent maturation and shedding of spores in radial bands beginning from the periphery of each gill, deliquescing from the bottom and advancing upwards.

Word forms

inaequihymeniiferous more inaequihymeniiferous most inaequihymeniiferous

Etymology

From in- + aequi- + hymenium + -iferous. Coined by mycologist Arthur Henry Reginald Buller in 1909.

Antonyms

aequihymeniiferous
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