Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sclerotium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sclerotium \Scle*ro"ti*um\, n.; pl. {Sclerotia}. [NL., fr. Gr.
sklhro`s hard.]
1. (Bot.) A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the
{Claviceps purpurea}, which produces ergot.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Sclerotium
n 1: form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia;
some cause sclerotium disease in plants [syn: {Sclerotium},
{genus Sclerotium}]
2: compact usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium
constituting a vegetative food-storage body in various
true fungi; detaches when mature and can give rise to new
growth
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