a pileipellis consisting of repent, non-gelatinizing hyphae.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a type of pileipellis characterized by hyphae that are repent, that is, that run parallel to the pileus surface
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Of basidiocarps of certain wood-decaying fungi: the outer layer consisting of compressed hyphae parallel to the surface, sometimes with varnishlike incrustation. ( 21)