form genus of sterile imperfect fungi; many form sclerotia; some cause sclerotium disease in plants
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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As a result, disc and seed become abscisic.The sclerotium falls down into the soil, survives winter and makes infection for next year.花盘腐烂后，子粒不成熟或种仁腐烂，花盘及种子自行脱落，菌核掉入土壤中并越冬，为来年留下了菌源。
Any of various plants or plant parts used by certain Native American peoples as food,especially the edible root of certain arums or the sclerotium of certain fungi.茯苓，美洲印第安人用作食物的植物或植物部分，尤指某些白星海竽属植物的可食根或某些真菌的菌核。
