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SMUT FUNGUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales

Synonyms:

smut; smut fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("smut fungus" is a kind of...):

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "smut fungus"):

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)

bunt; Tilletia caries (fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores)

bunt; stinking smut; Tilletia foetida (similar to Tilletia caries)

onion smut; Urocystis cepulae (smut fungus causing blackish blisters on scales and leaves of onions; especially destructive to seedlings)

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)

Holonyms ("smut fungus" is a member of...):

order Ustilaginales; Ustilaginales (parasitic fungi causing smuts; sometimes placed in class Tiliomycetes)

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