ustilago

Noun
  1. Type genus of the Ustilaginaceae;
    Genus comprising the loose smuts (synset 113087563)
    is a type of: fungus genus - includes lichen genera
    member holonym:
    • loose smut - a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of grains in which the entire head is transformed into a dusty mass of spores
    • boil smut, ustilago maydis - a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
    same as: genus ustilago

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