Definition of smut fungus Smut fungus
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What does smut fungus mean?
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| smut fungus - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales | ||
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| fungus an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia | ||
| order ustilaginales, ustilaginales parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes | ||
| covered smut a smut fungus causing a smut disease of grains in which the spore masses are covered or held together by the grain membranes | ||
| 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 | ||
| corn smut, cornsmut a smut fungus attacking Indian corn | ||
| genus sphacelotheca, sphacelotheca genus of smut fungus | ||
| head smut, sphacelotheca reiliana smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut | ||
| tilletia caries, bunt (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat | ||
| tilletia foetida, stinking smut, bunt (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat | ||
| onion smut, urocystis cepulae smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings | ||
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