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Answer for the clue "Small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi ", 9 letters:
acervulus

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An acervulus (pl. acervuli ) is a small asexual fruiting body that erupts through the epidermis of host plants parasitised by mitosporic fungi of the form order Melanconiales ( Deuteromycota , Coelomycetes ). It has the form of a small cushion at the bottom ...

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n. small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi