Bot. [mod.Lat. for med.L. tapēcium, tapētium, ad. Gr. ταπήτιον, dim. of τάπης carpet.] A carpet or layer of mycelium on which the receptacle is seated in discomycetous fungi (Phillips, Brit. Discomycetes, Gloss.).
1887. W. Phillips, Brit. Discomycetes, 42. Seated on a distinct tapesium. Ibid., 279. Cups 200 to 300μ broad, seated on a dark radiating tapesium.
