sclerotium

• Massa compacta, geralmente escura, de micélio endurecido que serve como órgão vegetativo de reserva de nutrientes em vários fungos verdadeiros; separa-se ao amadurecer e pode originar novo crescimento.

A compact, usually dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium that serves as a vegetative food-storage body in various true fungi; it detaches when mature and can give rise to new growth.

1. Fungal resting bodyC2formalscientific

   A compact, often dark-colored mass of hardened mycelium that serves as a food-storage and survival structure in certain fungi; it detaches when mature and can produce new fungal growth.

   Esclerócio

   • The fungus formed a sclerotium to survive the winter.
   • Sclerotia can remain dormant in soil for many years.
   • The sclerotium of Claviceps purpurea is known as ergot.