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SCLEROTIUM

Definition:

[noun] form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
Synonyms: Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium
[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