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'''epithecium''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' epithecia; [[Category:Ascocarp term]][[:Category:Ascocarp term|ascocarp term]]) – a distinct, additional layer of hyphae developed on the surface of a [[hymenium]], formed by [[apical]] growth and branching of the [[paraphyses]]; in the strict sense only referring to a distinct [[plectenchyma]] developed on top of the hymenium, but frequently used more liberally and interchangeably with [[epihymenium]]. ''This is:'' [[Category:Part of ascocarp]][[:Category:Part of ascocarp|part of ascocarp]].

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