sclerotium
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sclerotia
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Origin of sclerotium
From New Latin, dating back to 1810–20; see origin at sclerotin, -ium
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The sclerotium is a black-violet, slightly curved, conical body, a few millimeters to up to six centimeters in length that can develop in place of a pollen grain.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2013
Ergot is the name given to the spore, the sclerotium, of the parasitic filamentous fungus Claviceps purpurea, which attacks various cereal grains and wild grasses, especially rye.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2013
Many such clusters can be produced on one sclerotium, so that soon the greater part of the surface is covered by filamentous conidia-bearers with their panicles.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
The latter differs in not springing from a sclerotium.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
This latter commences when the sclerotium is brought into contact with damp ground during the usual temperature of our warmer seasons.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
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 sclerotia remain in the soil for years as the source of future infections.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 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 M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt) Cooke
The wilting and shrivelling of Clover is sometimes due to Sclerotinia, the mycelium of which pervades the roots and stock, on which the sclerotia may be found.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
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