sclerotium
noun
a vegetative, resting food-storage body in certain higher fungi, composed of a compact mass of hardened mycelia.
sclerotioid
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a word derived from
sclerotium.
Example Sentences
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Of the fungi employed in medicine, the first place must be assigned to ergot, which is the sclerotioid condition of a species of Claviceps.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
