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Sclerotium

noun

(pl. sclerotia)

Form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants. Synonym: genus Sclerotium.

Compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth.

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Words linked to "Sclerotium" : mycelium, Mycelia Sterilia, order Mycelia Sterilia, fungus genus