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nounThe structure on a fungus which houses the spore-producing organs.
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Czech plodnice
- plodnicefungal structure
Danish frugtlegeme
- frugtlegemefungal structure
Dutch vruchtlichaam
- vruchtlichaamfungal structure
Finnish itiöemä
- itiöemäfungal structure
French sporophore, sporocarpe
- sporophorefungal structure
- sporocarpefungal structure
German Fruchtkörper
- Fruchtkörperfungal structure
Hungarian termőtest
- termőtestfungal structure
Icelandic æxlihnúður
- æxlihnúðurfungal structure
Italian carpoforo
- carpoforofungal structure
Norwegian Bokmål fruktlegeme
- fruktlegemefungal structure
Polish karpofor
- karpoforfungal structure
Portuguese esporocarpo
- esporocarpofungal structure
Spanish cuerpo fructífero, esporocarpo
- cuerpo fructíferofungal structure
- esporocarpofungal structure
Swedish fruktkropp
- fruktkroppfungal structure
Turkish sporokarp
- sporokarpfungal structure
Vietnamese quả thể, thể quả
- quả thểfungal structure
- thể quảfungal structure
Welsh ffrwythgorff, corff hadol
- ffrwythgorfffungal structure
- corff hadolfungal structure
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fruiting body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruiting%20body
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“fruiting body.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruiting%20body. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fruiting body,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fruiting%20body.
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