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What is a sclerotium?

What is a sclerotium? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.
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Remains of petal tissues embedded within cortex and medulla of the sclerotium.
One or two are developed from a kind of sclerotium, which is in fact a compact perennial mycelium.
Dr. Bull has been very successful in developing the sclerotium of Agaricus cirrhatus.
Sclerotium of Claviceps purpurea which grows on the seeds of purple moor grass.
Cosmetic or dermatological freeze-dried composition, characterized in that it comprises sclerotium gum and at least one active compound of marine origin.
Other pathogens include anthracnose, bacterial soft rot, blight caused by Sclerotium rolfsii, bulb nematodes, other rots including blue molds, black molds and mushy rot.

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