flag smut fungus

flag smut fungus
noun
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
Hypernyms: ↑smut, ↑smut fungus
Hyponyms: ↑wheat flag smut, ↑Urocystis tritici
Member Holonyms: ↑Urocystis, ↑genus Urocystis

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