About The Word Sclerotium
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Sclerotium
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What's The Definition Of Sclerotium?
[n] 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
[n] form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants Synonyms | Synonyms for Sclerotium: genus Sclerotium Related Terms | Find terms related to Sclerotium: See Also | fungus genus | Mycelia Sterilia | mycelium | order Mycelia Sterilia Sclerotium In Webster's Dictionary \Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Sclerotia}. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
{Claviceps purpurea}, which produces ergot.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
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