Fruiting body: A general term for the spore-producing structure produced during the reproductive stage in the myxomycete life cycle; the structure within which (or in one case, on the surface of which) the spores are produced; also referred to as a fructification or sporophore.
Sporangium |
Plasmodiocarp
|
Aethalium |
Pseudoaethalium
|
Return To Master Glossary Terms