A sorocarp (from the Greek word soros `a heap` + karpos `fruit`) is the fruiting body characteristic of certain cellular slime moulds (e.g., Dictyosteliida). Each sorocarp consists of both a sorophore (stalk) and a sorus. ...
<plant biology> Fruiting body formed by some cellular slime moulds, has both stalk and spore mass. ... (18 Nov 1997) ... 
Fruiting body formed by some cellular slime moulds; has both stalk and spore-mass.