cleistothecium

As nouns the difference between cleistothecium and sclerotium

is that cleistothecium is a closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration while sclerotium is a compact mass of hardened mycelium stored with reserve food material that, in some higher fungi such as ergot, becomes detached and remains dormant until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.

As a noun cleistothecium is

(biology) a closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration.

As a noun cleistothecium

is a closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration.

As an adjective cleistothecial is

of or pertaining to a cleistothecium.

As nouns the difference between spore and cleistothecium

is that spore is a reproductive particle, usually a single cell, released by a fungus, alga, or plant that may germinate into another while cleistothecium is a closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration.

As a verb spore

is to produce spores.

As a proper noun fungi

is .

As a noun cleistothecium is

(biology) a closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration.

As nouns the difference between ascocarp and cleistothecium

is that ascocarp is the sporocarp of an ascomycete, typically bowl-shaped while cleistothecium is (biology) a closed ascocarp, in some fungi, from which spores are released following decay or disintegration.