"sclerotium" in the noun sense
1. Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium
form genus of sterile imperfect fungi many form sclerotia some cause sclerotium disease in plants
2. sclerotium
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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