the part of a fungus in which the spores are produced
Also: fruit body
Examples of 'fruit body' in a sentence
fruit body
The fruit body eventually turned dark brown and became rancid.
Min Keun Kim, Su Won Seuk, Young Han Lee, Hye Ran Kim, Kye Man Cho 2014, 'Fungicide Sensitivity and Characterization of Cobweb Disease on a Pleurotus eryngiiMushroom Crop Caused by Cladobotryum mycophilum', The Plant Pathology Journalhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174831/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Alkaloids were detected in the mature fruit body, but not in the immature stage.
S. M. Ayodele, J. A. Okhuoya 2010, 'Nutritional and phytochemical evaluation of cultivated Psathyrella atroumbonata Pegler,a Nigerian edible mushroom', South African Journal of Sciencehttp://archive.sajs.co.za/index.php/SAJS/article/view/72. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Again, different maturation stages occurred at varying fruit body size and during the entire fruiting season.
Ulf Büntgen, István Bagi, Oszkár Fekete, Virginie Molinier, Martina Peter, RichardSplivallo, Maryam Vahdatzadeh, Franck Richard, Claude Murat, Willy Tegel, Ulrich Stobbe,Fernando Martínez-Peña, Ludger Sproll, Lisa Hülsmann, Daniel Nievergelt, Barbara Meier,Simon Egli 2017, 'New Insights into the Complex Relationship between Weight and Maturity of BurgundyTruffles (Tuber aestivum)', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0170375. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The two colonies showed different mycelia growth patterns and hyphae sizes, fruit body morphology and productivity compared to their parents.
Ira Djajanegara, Agus Masduki 2013, 'PROTOPLAST FUSION BETWEEN WHITE AND BROWN OYSTER MUSHROOMS', Indonesian Journal of Agricultural Sciencehttp://ejurnal.litbang.pertanian.go.id/index.php/ijas/article/view/593. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Following the rainy period, it grows so fast and can produce a few kilograms fruit body within a short period.
Sanem Bulam, Nebahat Şule Üstün, Aysun Pekşen 2018, 'Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Fr. in the Black Sea Region', Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/1546. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Trehalose content was significantly lower in strain 11 in comparison with other strains both in small and large fruit-body.
Józef Bąkowski, Ryszard Kosson, Marcin Horbowicz 2013, 'Nutritional values of different strains of mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus)', Acta Agrobotanicahttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/aa/article/view/2133. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We also found that the stalks (stipe) of the fruit body contained higher glucan content then the caps (pileus).
Sharon Avni, Nirit Ezove, Hilla Hanani, Itamar Yadid, Michal Karpovsky, Hilla Hayby,Ofer Gover, Yitzhak Hadar, Betty Schwartz, Ofer Danay 2017, 'Olive Mill Waste Enhances α-Glucan Content in the Edible Mushroom Pleurotus eryngii',International Journal of Molecular Scienceshttps://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/7/1564. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)