thecium
English edit
Etymology edit
From New Latin thēcium, from Ancient Greek θήκιον (thḗkion), diminutive of θήκη (thḗkē, “sheath”).
Noun edit
thecium (plural thecia)
- (mycology, dated) The hymenium
- 1952, Frederick Lyle Wynd, The Fungi[1], translation of original by Ernst Albert Gäumann, page 218:
- The hymenium, or thecium, is generated endogenously within the hyphal layer.
- (mycology, dated) The internal hyphal layers of an apothecium