Home › Words › H › hypotheciumhypotheciumhypothecium means the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the thecium.EtymologyFrom hypo- + thecium.nounThe layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the theciume.g.“Color of hypothecium: 0 = colorless; 1 = yellow-brown to red-brown. 4.” — 2015 September 29, “A Molecular Phylogeny of the Lichen Genus Lecidella Focusing on Species from Mainland China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.thecium 70% match — The hymenium vs hypothecium →epithecium 62% match — An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses. vs hypothecium →endothecium 61% match — The tissue found in the walls of anthers, and in moss capsules vs hypothecium →caulohymenium 60% match — A fruiting layer in some fungi vs hypothecium →exothecial 59% match — Relating to an exothecium vs hypothecium →subhymenophoral 59% match — Beneath the hymenophore vs hypothecium →perithece 57% match — Synonym of perithecium. vs hypothecium →mesophyllum 57% match — The parenchyma of a leaf between the skin of the two surfaces vs hypothecium →