Gill (mushroom)

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Mushroom gills
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Mushroom gills
Mushroom gills revealed through backlighting.
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Mushroom gills revealed through backlighting.

A gill, or lamella, is one of the papery ribs under the cap of an agaric mushroom. It is the hymenophore of the mushroom.

Morphologically, gills are classified into the following types:

  • Decurrent
  • Subdecurrent
  • Emarginate
  • Sinuate
  • Adnexed
  • Adnate
  • Free

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