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Sclerotium

scle·ro·tium

uncommon

noun

1.

form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants

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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

Origin

From New Latin sclerotium, from Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”).

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