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Hypha vs Thecium - What's the difference?

hypha | thecium |

As nouns the difference between hypha and thecium

is that hypha is (mycology) any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus while thecium is (mycology|dated) the hymenium.

hypha

English

Noun

(wikipedia hypha) (hyphae)
  • (mycology) Any of the long, threadlike filaments that form the mycelium of a fungus.

    • thecium

    English

    Noun

    (thecia)
  • (mycology, dated) The hymenium
  • *{{quote-book, 1952, Frederick Lyle Wynd, The Fungi, by=Ernst Albert Gäumann citation
    • , passage=The hymenium, or thecium , is generated endogenously within the hyphal layer.}}
  • (mycology, dated) The internal hyphal layers of an apothecium

    • Related terms

    *theca *Thecia

    Derived terms

    {{der3, apothecium , epithecium , hypothecium , parathecium , perithecium , pseudothecium}}

    References

    * LIAS Glossary