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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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
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 Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
The sclerotium, which ripens as the rind becomes black, loosens itself easily from the place of its formation, and remains preserved after the latter is decayed.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
P. thin, convex, edge incurved then plane, ruguloso-striate, shining white, umbil. yellowish, subflocculose; g. distant, adnate, white, edge fimbriate; s. filiform, tinged rufescent downwards, adnate to a rufescent sclerotium.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George
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
In fungi, oils are often found in the spores, but sometimes also in sclerotia, mycelia, or filaments.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
The plants are usually found growing upon dead tree stumps; some grow upon the ground; a few are parasitic on other fungi or springing from sclerotia, small impacted masses of mycelium.
From Student's Hand-book of Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous by Taylor, Thomas
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