sclerotia
- plural of sclerotium.
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Last year’s bumper crop came from the sclerotia of two of them — variant 195 and 234.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
The disease typically infects soybeans during flowering, resulting in stem lesions with extensive growth of white mold and formation of hard, black sclerotia.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sclerotia remain in the soil for years as the source of future infections.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sclerotia are, here as in many other fungi, biennial organs, designed to begin a new vegetation after a state of apparent quietude, and to send forth special fruit-bearers.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
These are the sclerotia or resting bodies of the fungus.
From Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato by Tracy, W. W. (William Warner)
