genus urocystis

Noun
  1. A genus of smut fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae (synset 113089325)
    is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
    member holonym: flag smut fungus - a smut fungus causing a smut in cereals and other grasses that chiefly affects leaves and stems and is characterized chains of sori within the plant tissue that later rupture releasing black masses of spores
    belongs to: family tilletiaceae, tilletiaceae - a family of smut fungi having a simple promycelium bearing the spores in an apical cluster
    same as: urocystis

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