Sclerotium
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A sclerotium is a compact mass of hardened mycelium (as an ergot) stored with reserve food material that in some higher fungi becomes detached and remains dormant until a favorable opportunity for growth occurs.
It is also the name of a genus of fungi which includes Sclerotium rolfsii, the causal organism of southern blight.
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