hymenium

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1. spore-bearing layer of cells in certain fungi containing asci or basidia (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	reproductive structure,
definition	:	the parts of a plant involved in its reproduction (noun.plant)

part meronym	:	fungus,
definition	:	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant)