fruiting body
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- noun
- Specialized
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cuerpo fructífero
- The multicellular fruiting body is not unusual in being cooperative.
- fruiting body of the mushroom
- forms fruiting bodies
- most fruiting bodies
The letters are made from fruiting bodies.
- The letters are made from fruiting bodies.
Examples
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Dictyostelium purpureum forms fruiting bodies in the laboratory primarily with clone-mates.
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Although two clones of D. purpureum may aggregate during a collective migration, they later separate into two fruiting bodies.
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Sure enough, each fruiting body included cells from both clones.
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Together, the globe and stalk constitute the fruiting body.
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In the wild, however, relatedness is high; most fruiting bodies form from a single clone.
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Most fruiting bodies are ephemeral, although some can persist for many years.
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Fruiting bodies are macroscopic, hyphal structures upon or within which spores are produced.
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The only above-ground signs of these subterranean fungi in conifer stands are mushrooms, spore-producing fruiting bodies that periodically pop from the forest floor.
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Fungal mycelia serve as the primary carbon source in a number of soil food webs (Wardle 2002), and fungal fruiting bodies can serve as a significant food source for large vertebrates, including humans.
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Mushrooms are the large fruiting bodys that produce spores for fungi.
Synonyms
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A soft inner part of some mushrooms holding tiny cells that grow into new mushrooms
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A plant part that makes seeds or spores, like a flower
The part of some fungi you see as a mushroom that makes tiny spores
A small part in fungi or some plants that makes and holds spores
A small bag on a plant or fungus that holds tiny parts for making new plants
A small baglike part on ferns and fungi that holds tiny cells that grow into new plants
A small bottle-shaped body in some fungi that holds tiny asexual spores
A plant part, often on mosses or ferns, that makes tiny dust-like spores
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines 'fruiting' (bearing or producing fruit/reproductive structures) with 'body' (a physical structure), so the basic idea of a structure that produces reproductive material is derivable from the parts. However, the specific biological sense (that it produces and releases spores rather than literal fruit) is technical and somewhat metaphorical, so a B1 learner who knows the words may only partially infer the exact meaning without domain knowledge.
Etymology
Fruiting body is a name that gives a simple picture: the fruiting part of the body, like a plant's fruit that holds 'seeds'. So, it means the visible part of a fungus, for example a mushroom, that makes and releases 'spores'.