smut fungus meaning

Noun: smut fungus  smút 'fúnggus

1. Any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
   - smut

Derived forms: smut fungi

Type of: fungus

Part of: order Ustilaginales, Ustilaginales

• flag smut fungus:    Noun: flag smut fu ...
• green smut fungus:    Noun: green smut f ...
• smut:    Noun: smut &n ...

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1. The success of the crop depends on the smut fungus.
2. As with wheat and barley the grains of semiloose smut infected oat plants are completely replaced by the smut fungus.
3. The inflorescence and upper leaves are sometimes coated in black smut fungus of the genus " Bipolaris ", the reason for the common name smut grass.
4. Over 60 years V�nky amassed the largest smut fungus collection in the world, " Herbarium Ustilaginales V�nky ( HUV ) ", containing over 22, 000 samples.
5. China remains reluctant to accept imports of wheat infected with the TCK smut fungus despite efforts by a group of U . S . senators who visited recently to defuse a dispute over the issue.