Wiktionary
n. The structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs.
WordNet
n. an organ specialized for producing spores
Wikipedia
A fruiting body is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are born.
Fruiting body may also refer to:
- Fruiting body (bacteria), the aggregation of myxobacterial cells when nutrients are scarce
- Fruiting body (slime mold), the sorophore and sorus of a slime mold
Usage examples of "fruiting body".
Even if every fruiting body and all the mycelium aboveground were to die or be eaten, the main body of the individual would remain safe beneath the water.
Put the dog's nose to the corpse and forced him to inhale of that fruiting body?
By some curious orderly process the cells reconfigure, like the members of a tiny marching band, to make a stalk atop of which forms a bulb known as a fruiting body.
Inside the fruiting body are millions of spores that, at the appropriate moment, are released to the wind to blow away and become single-celled organisms that can start the process again.
The thin slice of jelly to one side she did know: crel, the fruiting body of a fungus that grew only on Regg, the world's single most important export .
The thin slice of jelly to one side she did know: crel, the fruiting body of a fungus that grew only on Regg, the world's single most important export.
The thin slice of jelly to one side she did know: crel, the fruiting body of a fungus that grew only on Regg, the world’.
He crawled some distance away from the crumpled fruiting body before he got fully to his feet.
The first course of the meal was a green melon with tiny orange balls on it which were, the King informed them, the fruiting body of a special kind of Tongan seaweed.