fruiting body - an organ specialized for producing sporesascocarp - mature fruiting body of an ascomycetous fungus acervulus - small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister consisting of a mat of hyphae that is produced on a host by some fungi basidiocarp - the fruiting body of a basidiomycete which bears its spores on special cells aecium - fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores plant organ - a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus |