Noun
- 1. Sclerotium, genus Sclerotium, fungus genus
- usage: form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
- 2. sclerotium, mycelium
- usage: 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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