epicorium

English

Etymology

From Latin cŏrĭum ("skin") with the Ancient Greek prefix ἐπί- ("on top of").

Noun

epicorium (plural epicoria)

1. The pattern of cell wall thickening which forms the ornamentation on spores of certain types of mushroom (especially of family Entolomataceae).

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