sclerotium

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 nouns the difference between sclerotium and tuckahoe

is that 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 while tuckahoe is any edible root of a plant used by native americans of colonial-era virginia.

Sclerotial is a related term of sclerotium.

As an adjective sclerotial

is of or pertaining to a sclerotium.

As a noun 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 an adjective dormant

is inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.

As a noun 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 nouns the difference between mycelium and sclerotium

is that mycelium is the vegetative part of any fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, threadlike hyphae, often underground 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.