sclerotium
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Origin of sclerotium
From New Latin, dating back to 1810–20; see origin at sclerotin, -ium
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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
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
The plants of this species are always found springing from an oblong sclerotium; hence the name sclerotipes.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
The stems run deep into the earth and are attached to a sclerotium, which will be seen in the halftone.
From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha
The colourless tissue of the sclerotium disappears in the same degree as the conidia-bearers grow, and at last the black rind remains behind empty and shrivelled.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
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