noun🔗Share菌核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."The gardener found a small, dark sclerotium in the soil, a dormant fungal structure waiting for the right conditions to sprout. "庭師は土の中で、発芽するのに適した条件を待つ休眠状態の菌類構造である、小さくて暗い菌核を見つけた。organismbiologyplantsciencenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading