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(noun) 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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Related Words: mycelium |
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(noun) form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants |
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Synonyms: genus Sclerotium |
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Related Words: fungus genus |
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