A Sclerotium

A compact mass of hardened <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/mycelium" title="mycelium" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161); hyphens: none;">mycelium</a> stored with reserve food material that, in some higher <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/fungus" title="fungus" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161); hyphens: none;">fungi</a> such as <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ergot" title="ergot" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161); hyphens: none;">ergot</a>, becomes detached and remains <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/dormant" title="dormant" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(107, 75, 161); hyphens: none;">dormant</a> until a favourable opportunity for growth occurs.