fruiting body

fruit·ing body (frtng)

n.

A specialized spore-producing structure, especially of a fungus.

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fruiting body

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the part of a fungus in which the spores are produced Also fruit body

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fruiting body  (frtng)

A specialized spore-producing structure, especially of a fungus. A mushroom is the fruiting body of a fungus.

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Noun

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fruiting body - an organ specialized for producing spores ascocarp - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus acervulus - small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi basidiocarp - the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells aecium - fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus