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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
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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
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corn smut, cornsmut
a smut fungus attacking Indian corn
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Sphacelotheca, genus Sphacelotheca
genus of smut fungus
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Sphacelotheca reiliana, head smut
smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut
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Tilletia caries, bunt
fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
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Tilletia foetida, bunt, stinking smut
similar to Tilletia caries
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Urocystis cepulae, onion smut
smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings
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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
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Ustilago maydis, boil smut
a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass
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Urocystis tritici, wheat flag smut
fungus affecting leaves and stems of wheat
