| 1. | Cystidia ( large sterile cells on the hymenium ) are absent.
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| 2. | Similar structures called cystidia often occur within the hymenium of the Basidiomycota.
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| 3. | Cystidia are cells of the fertile hymenium that do not produce spores.
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| 4. | The hamathecium is the hypha emerging between the asci of the hymenium.
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| 5. | When dried, the hymenium's color becomes pinkish-brown.
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| 6. | The hymenium extends slightly down the stipe, and is sharply defined.
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| 7. | The pores on the surface of the hymenium may be round or angular.
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| 8. | Under the hymenium, the subhymenium is starkly differentiated.
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| 9. | Further growth makes the hymenium convex with the asci facing towards the outer side.
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| 10. | In each peridiole is a spore-producing layer of tissue, the hymenium.
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