1. Noun
A hardened body formed by certain fungi, as by the Claviceps purpurea, which produces ergot.
2. Noun
The mature or resting stage of a plasmodium.
3. Noun
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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