NOUN | plant | Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium | form ... / form genus of sterile imperfect fungi |
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plant | sclerotium | compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi |
Meaning | form ... / form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants. | |
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Synonym | genus Sclerotium | |
Member of | Mycelia Sterilia, order Mycelia Sterilia | Order of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage |
Broader | fungus genus | Includes lichen genera |
Spanish | genus sclerotium, sclerotium | |
Catalan | genus sclerotium, sclerotium |
Meaning | 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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Broader | mycelium | The vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae |
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