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Hymenophore

Hymenophore refers to the fruit-bearing structure of a fungal fruit body. They can be smooth surfaces, gills, folds, tubes, or teeth. The actual surface that contains both sterile elements and meiotic spore-producing structures such as basidia or asci is called the hymenium.



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