Reference meaning
Sclerotium
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form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
Related source terms
genus sclerotium
Other meanings
2. 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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