Sclerotium (Noun)
Meaning 1
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Meaning 2
Form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.