sclerotium

Noun
  1. Form genus of sterile imperfect fungi;
    Many form sclerotia;
    Some cause sclerotium disease in plants (synset 113103589)
    is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
    belongs to: mycelia sterilia, order mycelia sterilia - order of imperfect fungi having no known spore stage
    same as: genus sclerotium
  2. 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 (synset 113043663)
    is a type of: mycelium - the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae

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