mushroom pores
Small openings beneath some mushroom caps, leading into tubes lined with spore-producing tissue.
poroid hymenophore of a representative bolete (sopporer / mushroom pores)
All languages
- English
- mushroom pores
- Norwegian
- sopporer
- Japanese
- キノコの管孔 — きのこのかんこう — kinokonokankou
- Korean
- 버섯 관공 — beoseot gwangong
- Spanish
- poros de la seta
- French
- pores de champignon
- German
- Pilzporen
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- Store norske leksikon — boletes have a sponge-like layer of fine vertical tubes on the underside of the cap
- Store norske leksikon — in poroid fungi spores form in the pore layer on the underside of the cap
- Store norske leksikon — the hymenophore can be formed as pores, gills or teeth and bears the spore-forming layer