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fruiting_body

fruiting body

English

Noun

fruiting body ‎(plural fruiting bodies)

(mycology) The structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs.

Synonyms

sporocarp

Translations

fungal structure

Czech: plodnice (cs)
Finnish: itiöemä (fi)

Italian: carpoforo m

See also

sporophore