fruiting body
noun
plural fruiting bodies
: a structure (as of a moss or liverwort) specialized for producing spores
especially
: the spore-producing organ of a fungus or slime mold : sporophore
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Even when the fruiting bodies themselves disappear in a week or so, the mycelia underground flourish as long as there’s organic matter to feed on.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
But when food dries up, a change occurs: Individual cells aggregate and form a sort of multicellular slug, which crawls as a single unit and forms fruiting bodies to reproduce.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Early microscopic examinations by researchers like Arthur Church in 1919, coupled with subsequent work by Francis Hueber in 2001, solidified the notion that these fossils were the fruiting bodies of an enormous fungal organism.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The astronauts will closely monitor the development rate of the mushrooms (the fruiting bodies), look for signs of contamination and analyze various other growth characteristics.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 11 May 2025
But when food dries up, a change occurs: Individual cells aggregate and form a sort of multicellular slug, which crawls as a single unit and forms fruiting bodies to reproduce.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Early microscopic examinations by researchers like Arthur Church in 1919, coupled with subsequent work by Francis Hueber in 2001, solidified the notion that these fossils were the fruiting bodies of an enormous fungal organism.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The astronauts will closely monitor the development rate of the mushrooms (the fruiting bodies), look for signs of contamination and analyze various other growth characteristics.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fruiting body
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fruiting body
noun
fruit·ing body
ˈfrüt-iŋ- 
: a plant organ specialized for producing spores
especially
: sporophore
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