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inaequihymeniiferous

inaequihymeniiferous adjective: 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.

inaequihymeniiferous: of or relating to the arrangement of the hymenium of some mushroom species in the genera Coprinus,...
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Adjective

inaequihymeniiferous (comparative more inaequihymeniiferous, superlative most inaequihymeniiferous)

  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.
    • Characters: Hymenophore lamellate; the lamellae of the Coprinus-type (with parallel or subparallel sides) or wedge shaped, of the aequihymeniiferous or the inaequihymeniiferous type; in the genera with aequihymeniiferous and wedge-shaped lamellae — epicutis of the pileus always characteristically...1949: Rolf Singer, The Agaricales (Mushrooms) in Modern Taxonomy, page 452 ^〃 (Universidad Nacional de Tucuman; Instituto Miguel Lillo)

Antonyms of inaequihymeniiferous

Forms of inaequihymeniiferous

comparativemore inaequihymeniiferous
superlativemost inaequihymeniiferous

Origin of inaequihymeniiferous

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

Questions about inaequihymeniiferous

What does inaequihymeniiferous mean?
Inaequihymeniiferous means 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.
What part of speech is inaequihymeniiferous?
Inaequihymeniiferous is an adjective.

Words near inaequihymeniiferous in the dictionary

  1. inadvisably
  2. inadvised
  3. inadvisedly
  4. inadvisedness
  5. inadæquate
  6. inaequihymeniiferous
  7. inaequilateral
  8. inaesthetic
  9. inaesthetically
  10. inaffability
  11. inaffable

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