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📄 A thin layer 🍄 A spore plate
lamella

lamella

9.9
A thin flat part under a mushroom cap that makes spores
  • noun
  • /ləˈmɛlə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : lámina
  • When identifying wild mushrooms, carefully examine the color and spacing of the lamellae.

Examples

  • The cap's underside revealed closely packed lamella covered in budding spores.

  • Many fungi have distinctive lamellae on their caps.

  • The lamella of the mushroom are responsible for the production of spores.

  • The mushroom's lamella is crucial for spore production.

  • The cap's underside revealed closely packed lamella covered in budding spores.

  • When identifying wild mushrooms, carefully examine the color and spacing of the lamellae.

  • Many fungi have distinctive lamellae on their caps.

Synonyms

gill
vslamella
3 7.1

Thin plates under a mushroom cap that hold spores

is described as thin, flat radiating structures producing spores

How Thin

film
191 3.2
lamella
  • Specialized
9.9
sheet
140 1.4
slab
87 3.3

Surface Forms

lamella singular
lamellae plural

Etymology

The word lamella comes from the Latin lamina, meaning 'thin plate', and the ending -ella means 'little', so a lamella is a 'little thin plate'. In mushrooms these little plates are the thin gills under the cap that hold and release spores, which explains the modern meaning.