#smut_fungus__smut any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
supertype: fungus a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores
member of: order_Ustilaginales
subtype: covered_smut__coveredsmut a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes
subtype: loose_smut__loosesmut 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
subtype: cornsmut__corn_smut a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
subtype: boil_smut__Ustilago_maydis a common smut attacking Indian corn causing grayish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
subtype: genus_Sphacelotheca__Sphacelotheca genus of smut fungus
subtype: head_smut__Sphacelotheca_reiliana smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
subtype: Tilletia_caries__bunt fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
subtype: Tilletia_foetida__bunt__stinking_smut similar to Tilletia caries
subtype: onion_smut__onionsmut__Urocystis_cepulae smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings
subtype: 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
subtype: wheat_flag_smut__wheatflagsmut__Urocystis_tritici fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
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