1) Fungus genus 2) Genus sclerotium 3) Many form sclerotia
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A sclerotium (plural sclerotia, from Greek skleros - hard) is a compact mass of hardened fungal mycelium containing food reserves. One role of sclerotia is to survive environmental extremes. In some higher fungi such as ergot, sclerotia become detached and remain dormant until favorable growth conditions return. Sclerotia initially were mistaken f...
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Hard, resistant, multicellular resting body, usually with a differentiated cortex and medulla, that under favorable conditions can germinate to produce mycelium or sexual or asexual fruiting bodies. (Pl. sclerotia.)
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• (n.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot. • (n.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
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(pl. sclerotia) a dense, compact mycelial mass capable of remaining dormant for extended periods.
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a persistent, vegetative, resting spore of certain fungi (e.g., Botrytis, Sclerotium). It consists of a hard, dense, compact mycelium (mass of ... [2 related articles]
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(sklә-ro´she-әm) a hard blackish mass formed by certain fungi, as ergot.
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A long lived, hard compact mass of vegetatively produced fungal hyphae, usually black on the outside, serving as a resting stage from which frutifications may be formed.
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Scle·ro'ti·um noun ;
plural Sclerotia . [ New Latin , from Greek
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Botany) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
Claviceps purpurea , which produces ergot.
2. (Zoology) The mature or resting stage of...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sklē-rō′shē-ŭm, -shē-ă Definitions: 1. In fungi, a variably sized resting body composed of a hardened mass of hyphae with or without host tissue, usually with a darkened rind, from which fruit bodies, stromata, conidiophores, or mycelia may develop. 2. The hardened resting condition of t...
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n] - form genus of sterile imperfect fungi 2. [n] - compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi
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genus Sclerotium noun form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
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