sclerotium

Words with a similar base: sclerotium

'sclerotium'

[sclerotium.n.01] as in: form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants

'sclerotium'

[sclerotium.n.02] as in: 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