fruiting body

/frudɪŋ ˌbɑdi/

Other forms: fruiting bodies

Definitions of fruiting body

1. noun

   an organ specialized for producing spores
   types:

   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

   ascoma

   an ascocarp having the spore-bearing layer of cells (the hymenium) on a broad disklike receptacle

   apothecium

   a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi

   cleistocarp, cleistothecium

   closed spore-bearing structure of some fungi (especially Aspergillaceae and Erysiphaceae) from which spores are released only by decay or disintegration

   perithecium

   flask-shaped ascocarp

   type of:

   plant organ

   a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus