Home › Words › S › spongiostratumspongiostratumspongiostratum · noun — A layer of net-like anastomosing hyphae on lower surface of some ascomycetes.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, spongiostratum ranks #28,338 of 43,089 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom spongio- + stratum.nounA layer of net-like anastomosing hyphae on lower surface of some ascomycetesDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ixotrichodermium 61% match — The outer surface of a mushroom that is composed of erect or loosely interwoven hyphae. vs spongiostratum →hymenium 60% match — The sporebearing surface of a fungus. vs spongiostratum →entostroma 59% match — A perithecial stroma. vs spongiostratum →ascostroma 59% match — A fungal fruiting body in which the asci develop within a stroma vs spongiostratum →caulohymenium 59% match — A fruiting layer in some fungi vs spongiostratum →hymeniderm 58% match — A surface layer of lengthened cells arranged side by side on the spore-bearing surface of a fungus. vs spongiostratum →sporodochium 58% match — A small, compact stroma (mass of hyphae) usually formed on host plants parasitized by mitosporic fungi of the form order Tuberculariales (Deuteromycota, Hyphomycetes). It bears the conidiophores on which the asexual spores or conidia are formed vs spongiostratum →epithecium 57% match — An external layer over the fertile surface of some fungi, formed from extensions of the paraphyses. vs spongiostratum →